We do not deny the benefits and positives of social networking sites that it provided to the user audience, such as fun, social communication, and knowledge.

In fact, the various social media is the added value of social relationships and helps to deepen and strengthen relations rather than destroy them. However, in many modern data, the habit of overusing virtual relationships in place of face-to-face encounters with family, friends, and acquaintances, which is a habit we are seeing, destroys the overall emotional communication with the other person and undermines the strength of social relationships. 

We used to live ups and downs, the sweetest  and bitterest of life, satisfied to some extent by life's fluctuations, and when we got tired or bored , we used to rest and spend some time on social media, but now we are overshadowed by the huge number of the social media and technology , we spend most of our time in virtual worlds, and dive deep into them and then, rest in the real world when we feel  tired. How could technology  be used for certain purposes that benefit us but do not overwhelm us?!!!

Away from all different social media:Twitter, Instagram, hive, Penterest.... , I have decided to take a step-back for a while. The outcome of my salvation was marvelous, i found out that i missed a lot of things, I had enough time to read for hours, pursued my favorite hobbies,  spent hours chatting with my mother, and planting flowers in my little garden , .... There are so many things I neglected because I was so submurged in my own virtual world, due to technology.

As long as technology and artificial intelligence are progressing including different social media via crypto passive income platforms into CHATBot, Al , Metaverse, Oculus VR.... , we end up bewitched through each new creation definitely . The reasons for entering the virtual world may vary  according to its users, and with the joy of curiosity for some; to get to know the dimensions and mysteries of this world for others , however, virtual worlds differed between useful, entertaining, bad, and even dangerous ones, like the metaverse for example. 

The full immersion in this virtual  space, led to a gradual separation of the user from real reality, represented by isolation from family, from friends and community, which was then replaced by a complete integration with the world, a new virtual reality he plunged into. This phenomenon as a whole has become a source of concern for society and its educational and learning institutions.

Metaverse users, including minors, are exposed to offensive behavior  and are also exposed to visual sexual contents. Vrchat also encourages its users including minors to bully, sexually harass and abuse other users. They also found that it prepares minors to repeat racist expressions and extremist conversations.According to experts, there are risks that revolve around the level of security of electronic pioneers and the privacy of their data, leading to the possibility of violating their vital body fingerprints, such as the eye and face print.

Researches have also emerged confirming the impact of mobile devices and the Internet on the whole , particularly social media , on the mental and psychological makeup of users, rather, medical terms have emerged to classify specific pathologies and associate them with addiction to social media , such as nomophobia syndrome.

We have become more connected to technology than ever before, due to its rapid development, we check our phones before going to bed and get up next morning to check it before anything, what a devotion we built towards such devices?!!! , I wonder whether we are blinded or mesmerized by this technology!!!! . Indeed, it has brought many positive effects on our life, but it has also had a negative effect as a result of its overuse. 

What we need actually, is awareness of the reality of social media addiction and consideration of our consumption of this excessive and harmful use in order to preserve the mind, the soul, even the body. Our social relationships have begun to deteriorate due to our participation in these sites. Instead of using these platforms in moderation and wisely, we have used them to achieve  purposes of those responsible for them, for with our own hands we have turns the blessing of the Internet into a curse that devours the moments which matter most in our lives .

Thanks for taking time to read. 

Resources

https://www.theirmindia.org/blog/10-metaverse-risks-to-watch-out-for/