Social Media: An Introverts Dream

2/14/2017- We all enjoy taking a look at Facebook, or enjoying posts on Reddit from time to time. Chances are, some of the digital connections we have with various people online, are real relationships from real life that have just been modernized, or so to speak. For other people, going online may be the sole outlet they have; not just an extra medium to interact with the rest of the world. I believe that social media doesn't necessarily promote introvertism; but that it does encourage it. Some browse, look at and perhaps take part in other peoples posts and messages, however these social interactions don't really happen outside of the internet. This outlet feeds their interactive needs, thus nurturing this seemingly "social" behavior. Attempt at social behavior, yes; but I believe that in these cases, social media encourages anti-socialism when used as the main connection to the outside world. I'm going to study social media in this context, taking into account how things would have been for introverts when forced into the world in the pre-digital age, versus the false (up to a degree) sense of social interactivity via the internet in the digital age.