Social media giants have many different strategies to make keep people on social media every day for hours at a time. One of the strategies they used is called the infinite scroll method, which basically has users continue scrolling without ever having to click anything, "If you don't give your brain time to catch up with your impulses, you just keep scrolling," says a former engineer of the computer user face company, Humanized. Another tactic used is one by snapchat, 'streaks' which is a number that appears next to someones name representing how many days in a row you've 'snapped' them. People will often get upset when they lose a streak so this tactic is a way to make sure that people are on snapchat every day. (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44640959)
At this point in time it is very uncommon for someone to not have social media, almost everyone has some form of social media and most people probably have multiple accounts across many different social media platforms at this point having a social media platform is almost an expectation from society. So while maybe 15-20 years ago communities valued people talking in real life and spending time with each other in person, it seems now that communities are more focused on spending time on social media instead of spending time with real people in real life.
Hello, Michael! My name is Ms. Blair, and I have been observing your classroom for the past few weeks. I will also be student teaching in your class this winter. I am looking forward to getting to know you and your classmates throughout this school year!
ReplyDeleteOver the years, social media has played an increasing role in our lives, so it makes sense that our society's beliefs and values would change to reflect this. Is social interaction on social media completely separate from the types of human interaction our society valued before? Do you think this shift in values is permanent, or can it be reversed?