Socia Media and Confident : gen Z perspective

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Are you aware that we are living in a very modern life, everything is modern, even the way we eat in restaurants with people in the past and people today is totally different. If you don't know what the difference is, I can explain.

 If we go back in 2005, when we dinner or lunch at the restaurant, then ordered food, the food came, we would immediately eat and enjoy it, enjoying the atmosphere of eating at the restaurant. However, if people in 2022 eat at the restaurant, first they order food, then take pictures using their smart phones which have cameras that are easy to take pictures, the atmosphere of the restaurant does not escape the shots, then while waiting for the menu to come while taking photos, after That's when the food comes, they take selfies, taking photos of the menu dishes is a very mandatory thing. there's no end to their cameras and cell phones. After they have collected a lot of photos they upload the photos as soon as possible. It turns out that there is another difference that we don't realize If we go back in 2012-2016, then these people will upload all the photos they take, on facebook, twitter, instagram, and bbm, a lot because they are still so confident.

 But if it's 2022, they just choose the good and aesthetic ones, because they want to look cool and mysterious. Within a decade, the impact of technology is clearly different, even this new technology has also changed people's mindsets from being confident and open to being more closed, looking neater in social media. But there is one setback in it, not a setback that has a big impact, or even is detrimental, this setback is a decline people's confidence

 I'm sure all readers have at least one social media, don't you feel the difference? I as a Gen Z generation really feel it. But my question What actually triggers the decline in people's confidence in social media? So what does this have to do with eating at a restaurant in 2005?

 The connection is very close to the times and also technology, in that year there was no such thing as a camera phone, old cell phones only for making calls and sending messages were more than enough. It's possible that people in 2005 were given cell phones today that can even make video calls, they must be very, very surprised and amazed, so what about us? . 

No matter how advanced technology is, it will get old too, in the past it was cool to be able to make calls, even though you had to go to the kiosk first, and even taking pictures was cool, let alone having a cell phone that could call and take pictures. Even though in the past, people took photos with blurry cameras, people were confident to upload it  on their social media, they didn't care about posing for photos until they have no idea, the important thing was to exist and be expressive to show how they really are.

Nowadays, even a cheap cellphones have good cameras, no more blurry cameras, everything is clear,  people seem to prefer to cut their own hands rather than upload them if they haven't been given an aesthetic filter. This irony is not real, but it is true, they are more afraid to look ridiculous and lebay, than to look expressive and real.

 Maybe very advanced technological make confidence only for celebrities and models, others just need to cover their faces, pose aesthetically.

 Nowadays, even newborn children already have social media, there are so many people in social media, maybe that's what makes it important to build an image in social media, including lack of confidence to be aesthetic. 

Habits of lack of self-confidence, lack of expressiveness, are the gates of not accepting the gift of life and a perfect body. There are so many cases of mental illness, depression because they don't accept themselves, don't love themselves, try to be someone else. 

A broad social life can make us be whatever we want, but this could be the beginning of the destruction that slowly makes us sink into self-confidence. Therefore, be wise in social media, being yourself is a form of loving yourself, self-confidence will build a good image in yourself.

 But what about unlimited self-confidence? Maybe the impact is even worse, one of which is embarrassing yourself, even family and friends, so wise people are needed in social media. Try to show confidence by uploading what we like, do positive things then, then we will also get the positive . Confidence is important if the portion is right, not too much, not too little, we can manage it ourselves, let's try it once to be confident, don't be shy!