Introduction- talk about social media in general
Dear parents I will explain my argument between my friend and I over Snapchat, I have to explain what social media is. In the beginning of the 21st century, we were introduced to MySpace and Facebook, but that all changed in the 2010. Our generation was Introduced to Snapchat, Instagram and Tinder. Social media is embedded in our generation's mind, if you have a phone most likely you are connected by either snapchat or Facebook; social media is a way to connect with your friends over the internet like an email.We see the difference in generations within the reaches of technology. Recent generations are developing with a mindset that demoralizes their privacy, thinking that flaunting their actions will increase one's social status. To begin, what is Snapchat? It is a photo and video messaging application that launched in 2011. Snapchat is unique because all photos and videos only last a brief amount of time before they disappear forever, making the application ephemeral. Though you can take …show more content…
I can understand why snapchat is affecting the youth negatively. Using you phone makes you focused in a specific moment and takes you out of the overall experience. People are more worried about the perfect photo than being at the event. In this time of age if there's no photos it did not happen, if you went to Coachella and you took no photos and you said you went to Coachella no one would believe you. It's a must to use snapchat for the proof that you were at the concerts, sport events, or even a party. Also going back to sexting, the company of snapchat keeps all records of photos, videos and messages so nothing is completely erased. People can hack their iPhones and view the photos and videos endlessly and save them if they desire to. We must be careful about what we send over any social media because there is always an underlying catch to these social