Nowadays many people get information through their smartphones or PCs. They don't only receive information but also post their unique information and not a few people earn by offering interesting movies on the sites. Readers can leave their impressions or comments onthe sites, where they can read and write freely, sympathize with or object to others.
When we lived in the time communication on the web was not active, we had no places to freely and swiftly express our own opinions. We had no means to know how others felt or what opinions they had toward some news.
However, due to social technology, it has become incredibly easy to express our own feelings and know about others' feelings.
☆ When a famous person says something, suprisingly many ordinary people can agree or disagree instantly about what the person said. Sometimes people can express their negative feelings on the web so repeatedly and fiercely that the famous person will have to apologize. Some people can use violent phrases, but many more can express their own feelings on the web. Certainly people can feel that they are actually related positevely to others on the web. ☆
※ When we are thinking of where to buy a new product, before going to the shops we can read and examine closely the reviews written on the web by those who have purchased that new product. The more expensive a product is, the more carefully we read the various reviews. Of course the reviews are based on others' subjective opinions but we can study a lot about a product. In this way we can share others' opinions and have others as supporters on the web. ※
We feel secured to know that there are many people whose opinions we can agree with. The fact that on the web there are those who have opinions similar to our really reinforces the current situation in which social technology can make us close to each other so that we can avoid feeling isolated.
The very first social media site was created in 1997. In 1999, the first blogging sites began to emerge. Today, there are many social media sites and apps available around the world. Supporters of social technology fucus on its benefits. Opponents argue that it may be harmful. In your opinion, does social technology make us more alone or less alone? In what ways?