How social media makes us unsocial is true and it is still happening in our society today. When we go out with friends for dinner, we use for phones to scroll through Instagram or Twitter or text our other friends instead of actually talking to the people right in front of us.
I agree with the speaker. When I went out with my friends for lunch, the first things we did when the food came out was to take a photo of it and instantly post it on Instagram. We also took many selfies and shared it with one another on Whatsapp and posted at least one of it on Instagram again. Even during the meal, at least one of us would end up checking our phones for messages or even for the number of ‘likes’. It pretty much makes us unsocial, until one of us tells the person to stop and talk face to face. Everything is based on likes. Our self-esteem and confidence is determined by the number of friends we have on Facebook and likes and followers we gained in Instagram. What is worse is that the pictures we post are just our happy moments, like graduation or first pet. It is a utopia we created which people at times believe it to be on face value. We should really take the time to put away our phones and chat with our friends for hours. Nothing can really beat that satisfaction.