Social media has become a very prevalent part of my life and everyone’s lives around me. I remember I was always late joining the social medias that my friends were in middle school. I was probably the last one of my friends to get facebook, but that was only seventh grade. However, to this day, I have never posted a status or even downloaded a picture, letting the pictures on my feed be from picture my friends have uploaded and tagged me in. I also have an instagram, but my friends always make fun of me because I rarely post. It is always a big deal whenever I post a picture and is often a picture that I have edited a million different ways with a caption that I have meticulously thought of. I am a naturally shy and reserved person, so for me, I am a little hesitant putting myself all over social media. I like to scroll through my feeds and see what other people are doing, but don’t enjoy having everyone know exactly what I am doing. Part of this mindset is probably about privacy. I have a lot of “friends” on facebook and “followers” on instagram, but in real life I don’t actually know them that well and am not sure if I want them knowing everything about my life on social media. Social media is so second nature in society meaning everyone is on it. This makes it feel okay to gossip or judge people based on what they post online without even knowing the person. I think social media does keep us connected, but in a way, it also disconnects us because we judge others on the amount of likes they get or how many followers they have, instead of on who they are as a person.