After reading the review of the book, “Terms of Service”, I came to realize that I’ve noticed a lot of the topics that the author, Jacob Silverman is presenting in my life. One of the most interesting things that stuck out to me was his mentioning of the scenario in which a person posts about being at a party. He states that at one point a person no longer cares about having fun at the party but making sure everyone else knew that they were having fun at the party almost making any enjoyment almost superficial. He made social media out to be a sort of facade that we use in order to create this sort of false reality for others to see and believe as true. The problem is that he’s probably right.

At the beginning of high school, when I first got a facebook, I used to post really cheesy and weird posts that were supposed to be funny but were totally unoriginal. After getting a snapchat I became that person that documented just about everything in my life on snapchat because it was such an easy way to show people my life but almost make it out to be as enjoyable as I could make it “seem”. It became a habit of mine, a bad one to be honest. After a while I realized how exposed my life was and how easy it was for anyone to see what my life was like, the positive parts. Since then, I’ve cut down on my snap story posts, and rarely use facebook unless I’m posting a couple of pictures from my freshman year or checking out what friends are up to.

I’ve found that a lot of people that I know post constantly about their lives and how they’re doing. There are constant snaps about food and where they filled their gas. A lot of what I was seeing mirrored how I used to use my social media which included constant updates to let people know that there was SOMETHING going on in my life. I think if people want to record their lives that publicly, it should be their choice to do so. However, I think many people don’t consider the consequences of putting out entire life on social media, which is a serious factor that needs to be considered and one that Silverman highlights.