Steemit Engagement Challenge/ S13W2 - "Protect Your Mental Health From Social Media Dangers"

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Greetings esteemed steemians, am so excited to be part of this engagement challenge. My special thanks to this community for organizing this challenge. To be honest, this topic "Social Media dangers" is an issue that many people are facing. The 21st century is a world that has changed close to 360° in terms of development. The internet especially the social media is something that has changed this global village. But, it's a pity that people use it against other users. So in this article, I'll highlight on this issue.

Social media is a platform that it's users communicate in text, audio or audiovisual mode using the aid of an active data connection, it's app platform and a viable device. Social media is a platform that over 80% of the world population are indulged in. This singular influence has turned the world into a global village which distance cannot limit communication. To me, I'll say that social media is awesome platform that I grew up to knew. Personally, there are time that I don't have airtime to communicate but with small amount of data, communication is possible. It do amaze that Whatsapp voice call of about 45 minutes doesn't take up to 30 MB. This is amazing to know and experience. In a day, I don't take more than 2-4 hours on social media. If my activities on a day is so hectic or barely give me a breathing space, then it might be less than that.

Despite the pros that social media offers to the society, there are negative things it does. Let's find out

• Limit Family Time: Relationship are being deter because of social media. People don't have time to visit and have family time with their loved one. Rather, they prefer it virtually.
• Virtual Fraud: People are using social media as a means to to steal from innocent people or perform fraudulent activities.
• Phishing: This entails stealing into someone private account without the owner's permission to obtain certain information. This is a cruel and bad usage of the internet.
• Pornography: Some illegal or sexual videos and pictures are now displayed on the social media. This has brought a lot of harm and corrupt the youth's mind.
• Neck Pains: I can count this as a danger because it tend to destroy the individual physique.

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Inasmuch social media has its dangers, there are rules we can implement for it to be safer or healthier.

• People should use rely on having Family time rather than unnecessary chats.
• Safety should be observed when clicking unfamiliar website
• Control should be made available to site harbouring pornographic materials either photos or videos
• We should be careful of the sources that we realesed private passwords or items to.
• Time should be regulated on Social Media to avoid neck pains or eye strain. A break of 20-30 minutes is recommendable

Inviting @bossj23, @bela90 and @mp2 to this engagement challenge.

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