Social media is no longer a place of sharing photos and moments to keep in touch with our friends
and known ones. Social media has expanded it’s horizon enormously in the last 5 years. More than
a public site of being in touch with our loved ones, it is a market space, it is a creative platform, it is
mediator between celebs and fans, and the list goes on. With the expansion of the horizon, the
amount of time people spend on the social media has also expanded. The rage of social media has
become so powerful that people’s lives are getting affected by it. social media impact on human
behavior and society is of different types, more negative though than positive.

The pressure of the peers is something every millennial is facing these days in the smallest of the
matters. For example, a person is pressurised by the social media posts to watch a particular web
series even though he would have never thought of watching otherwise. People have the pressure of
lifestyle, status, materialistic happiness, relationships, etc. The happy lives of people on social
media have let people face severe depression and anxiety. It has gone so worse that people have to
claim that no one’s life is perfect and people only show that part of their life on the gram that is
happy. The condition is obviously worse but it depends on the person who is consuming the life of
social media.

If taken positively, social media can help you grow as a person. You can become a minimalist, a
creative creator, a helper, and what not if you take social media and its creations positively. There is
so much to learn and explore. So many good causes have been started on social media like planting
of the trees, saving the environment, adopting the pets, and it has also positively changed the lives
of so many people. The horizon of the consumers can expand to the positive side too if taken in a
good way. You can change your lifestyle