Social Media Popularity
Today’s advanced technology offers a vast amount of apps available for all different types of devices including phones, tablets, and laptops. A bunch of these apps are social media sites that people, mostly teenagers, use to share photos, communicate with each other, and update their status’.
According to webtrends.about.com, Facebook is the most popular and most visited site. Over 900,000 people visit Facebook every day, but many teenagers, including multiple students at Pentucket, call it a “boring site only old people use.”
Although, one sophomore at Pentucket says,” I like Facebook. I can see all of the pictures I’m tagged in, and I can share pictures I take and tag my friends in them, too.”
Twitter, being the second most popular site, is a media site all age groups, from about twelve years and older, use along with a vast majority of Pentucket students and staff. “I can tweet funny things, videos, share my views and feelings, and even post pictures,” says Pentucket sophomore Meaghan O’Neil.
Tumblr, another popular media platform, is used by a vast amount of teens as well. “I prefer Tumblr because I’ve made a lot of friends, I can post in any format I want, and I like how easy it is to see others posts,” says Claudia Chidsey, a sophomore at Pentucket.
Another student at Pentucket says that they prefer the social media site Instagram. On Instagram, people can post pictures, like and comment on others’ pictures, and share pictures with their followers in private messages. “I like seeing cool pictures and following all my friends’ pages to see what they’re up to,” says Hayley Palermo, a sophomore at Pentucket.
An additional student added, “I like that everything is very visual and I enjoy looking at all the artsy, funny, and top-notch photos people from all around the world post.
Many other students express their love for these sites and with a lot of interviewing it is concluded that Instagram and Twitter are the school’s favorite social media sites. Other popular sites include Tumblr, Vine, Pinterest, and Snapchat.
Social media is a way for people to communicate, update statuses, and post pictures of their dinner, where they went shopping, where they went on vacation, and their duck face selfies that HAVE to get a ton of likes.
“I have about 400 followers and get over 100 likes, but if it gets less than ninety it gets deleted soooo quickly,” Meaghan O’Neil says with a laugh.
“On Tumblr, if one of my posts gets too few notes, I’ll probably just reblog it again instead of deleting it,” says a sophomore student at Pentucket. Getting likes is something that people thinks determines popularity, but sharing pictures is suppose to be fun, and it is not suppose to be a competition.
Therefore, social media has become the backbone of today’s generation. However, despite the many side affects to the social media world, it is also a great way to make new friends and share pictures and funny thoughts with your followers.
Cori Snook • Dec 7, 2015 at 9:44 pm
Social media has become the backbone of today’s generation. It’s truly sad to look around yourself and see the entire world plugged in. Seeing people in restaurants, a family for example, bothers me the most because they sit in their chairs, hunched forward, eyes glued to technology screens and not engaging in healthy, interactive conversation. If that is the type of world that it is turning into, you can count me out. When will we get back to the time where conversation was valued and the effects of technology were not advanced enough to corrupt and overpower the minds of human beings?
Courtney Fitzgerald • Dec 4, 2015 at 2:01 pm
Great article. I was surprised to hear that Facebook was the most popular social media site. I would’ve expected Twitter or Instagram to be the most popular.
Alyssa Demeule • Dec 2, 2015 at 6:35 pm
Great article! I find it very interesting that Facebook is the most popular social media. Do you think that if you just looked at teenagers, ignoring adults, that Facebook would still be the most popular?
Sarah Tripp • Dec 2, 2015 at 5:29 pm
Great Article! I liked the inclusion of quotes, it made the article more realistic. I agree that social media has become the backbone of society. It is true that it can be positive way to make friends and share pictures. However, social media can also have bad side-effects, such as the need for acceptance from those friends for those pictures. It can easily become a distraction that hinders one’s performance or self-image.
Ben Bouchard • Dec 2, 2015 at 11:06 am
I like how current the entire social media situation is. Over time it has become a huge part of teen life. I personally use little social media but when I do I express what I am thinking to my friends.
Feni Patel • Dec 1, 2015 at 4:31 pm
The article was interesting to read. I agree that today social media is a distraction for many people. Although social media has its positive aspects it has its negative aspects too.
Grace Madden • Dec 1, 2015 at 1:23 pm
I think people should stop being all up tight about what they post when it comes to getting likes. Post something that you like and not what you think others will
Taylor W • Nov 30, 2015 at 8:51 pm
This article was really interesting! I agree that social media has become a backbone of today’s society. It can be distracting and can make people obsessive about making sure they get enough likes and views. It does really make a lot of people upset if they do not get the response to their post that were hoping for.
Madi Codair • Nov 10, 2015 at 8:47 am
This article is layered with many different opinions and persepectives which make ot really good! I
Harrison Swartz • Nov 10, 2015 at 8:45 am
This article is pretty well put together, and the writer even decided to interview a handful of people. That said, I think it is a little lacking in content despite being full of opinions. kinda like social media, it isn’t making a statement or telling a story so much as sharing what a few people think on a topic. Its fine, its just not really news…
Kara Linck • Nov 10, 2015 at 8:12 am
People depend on social media too much, it is interesting that Facebook is still the most popular website out of all the other forms of social media.
Sam Beninati • Nov 10, 2015 at 6:48 am
I really like this, it shows how important social media is to students and all the different ones we use.
Melina • Nov 9, 2015 at 10:05 pm
I really liked this piece! It was super interesting, and I learned a lot!
Kyle messier • Nov 9, 2015 at 8:11 am
People obsess over social media and if they do not get enough “likes” or “favorites” it genuenlly makes them upset. This is what is wrong with society, people focus and rely on irrelevant things for happiness.
Liza • Nov 8, 2015 at 3:58 pm
This article is very well written, and the last two sentences wrap it up interestingly and well.
Nasrin • Nov 6, 2015 at 4:16 pm
A very interesting and well written article
Julia Wright • Nov 6, 2015 at 12:54 pm
I didn’t think that Facebook was the most popular site, that’s surprising.
liah h • Nov 6, 2015 at 9:22 am
I agree. Social media has become a backbone for our generation but I feel that it is more of a problem then anything else. I think social media has ruptured our ability to be able to communicate with one another without having technology to back us up.
Livvy Edic • Nov 6, 2015 at 9:15 am
This piece was very well written! I didn’t know that Facebook was the most popular media site.
Elise • Nov 6, 2015 at 9:04 am
Good job, i agree.