How Social Media affects friendship

Social media has changed the way friendships are created and even affect some friendships positively and negatively. With the introduction of so many social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube we are now able to connect with people without having to meet face to face. Twitter and Facebook are pretty similar in the way followers and friends are built online. For example, anyone can connect with someone who has a twitter account by clicking the follow button and on Facebook someone can connect with a user by requesting a friend request. 

We can now make new friends worldwide without knowing a single thing about them. Twitter gives us a feed about someone’s feelings, what they are up to and even pictures or videos. Facebook allows you to add someone as a friend view pictures, status updates, what they like (music, movies, TV shows and much more) and you can also use Facebook chat to talk with the other person. Friendship building can now be done behind a computer or cell phone there is less need to go meet with the person at a coffee shop or out for drinks. One can now find out anything about their friends online. 

There are obviously challenges that come with this because the web can mask a lot of things. Without the face-to-face interaction we don’t really get to see ones actions over a computer. 

By: Braydon C.