I believe social media has become a very important and permanent part of every day life for most people. It makes finding news, sharing stories, keeping in contact with loved ones, and so much more easier for everyone. That being said, some forms of social media can be fads. There are tons of different social media sites out there, each competing to be the most popular of them all. As certain sites upgrade and improve, others start to lose their appeal. Myspace, for example, was wildly popular when it first started up and it is now struggling to stay relevant with sites like Facebook and Twitter taking over.
Certain sites may come and go, but I think social media is here to stay. The statistics in the video provided for this lesson show that social media is one of the most popular things on the internet. Facebook has more traffic than Google even! People rely on social media far too much for it to just disappear on us. If anything, social media will continue to evolve and people will continue to adapt to it. Anything that will make our lives easier, we will use. It has truly changed the world for the better, in my opinion, by making communication between people, no matter how far apart they may be, much simpler. Social media is the biggest shift since the industrial revolution.
