Personality Influence by Social Media
Over the years, people have had personality problems about themselves, either depending on how they felt about their bodies, how they looked, etc. With the increased usage of social media, the problems which people faced about their selves has greatly changed, and people now are focused more on impressing people and being over-concerned about what people generally think about them. Doctor Linda, who is a psychologist, shares this important insight into people’s shift from facing personal problems to being over-concerned about what people think about them. Social media has created a certain image of what people should look like, and many people have fallen victims to try and be what they are not. Social Media gives people the power to judge other people without even personally knowing them.
I agree with Dr. Linda that a lot of people have lost their personalities, and they now want to impress others at all cost. I agree with Matthews’s post, where he highlights the large impact that other people have in determining our levels of confidence if we put so much emphasis on what they say. According to Chen, “The study found that individuals’ sharing of misinformation through social media is mainly based on their personality traits or specific motivations” (9). I will not deny that there are pacesetters on social media that make people believe that what they are doing is right and that whatever else other people are is doing is not good unless they are doing it as they are. A good example is celebrities, who have a very large influence on people, to the point that people try to be like them. This has been shown in previous instances of people trying to talk like them, look like them, to appoint of taking certain body changes just to have a desired body shape and look. Most ladies are made to believe that without achieving a certain body shape and look, they are not beautiful enough. This thought has been cemented by other people on social media who comment negatively on people who don’t seem to achieve this body type, while those that have achieved this body type get many appraisals. At the end of the day, this causes denial among people, causing loss of identity and self-esteem. The end result is that people are unable to be original, which is important in pursuing our goals and targets in life.