Social media and it’s consequences

Social media can be great for sharing thoughts, ideas and getting inspiration.

But here are the problems that social media can come with.

The first is data collection. It shouldn't be a surprise that social media collects data for personalized ads. That isn’t bad until it becomes a privacy monster. They start to collect data from the day the account was created for example location, search history, and more. The reason why techies recommend to secure your accounts is because if a hacker manages to hack it, s/he can basically download your private data and the longer the account was created the worse it gets.

Facebook and Apple are in a war because of the iOS 14.5 transparency prompt. This feature lets users choose if an app can track them out of the app or not. Facebook wasn't happy about it because it will deduct their revenue since they can’t serve you an ad that is personalized

The second is social anxiety which will cause you to not do what you like because of the fear of getting judged or criticized about the things you do. So the way to reduce it is by choosing the right community.