How Social Media Trends Can Lead to Self-Criticism\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Social media has made connection easier. However, it also has had negative impacts on users\u2019 mental and physical health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I was a teenager when Facebook came out. I saw the beginning of overconnectivity. In middle school, my friends and I made accounts. We only posted our best pictures. We wrote our diary-like statuses. We gave our opinions. The likes we got were validating, innocently.<\/span><\/p>\n As I got older, Instagram was the new thing. Users scrolled pictures endlessly. Likes felt even more important to one\u2019s online social status. We didn\u2019t just see our peers online. We also saw celebrities and \u201csocial influencers.\u201d Likes and follows became a weighing scale. They told you how cool you were, both online and in person.<\/span><\/p>\n