Toast has two sides and sometimes if the underside is burnt, you can't tell because it's flipped over. Social media is like a piece of toast. It's ugly side cannot be ignored though. Recently in class we discussed negative aspects of social media; specifically, catfishing.
Catfishing is when people make fake social media accounts with a fake life. It is a spectrum, where where people deceive to different extents.
Many people resort to catfishing by creating fake social media accounts. Being able to express freely online isn't the concern, but people who are psychologically affected because they were "catfished". People look online for spouses and dating partners and then are devastated finding that the other person is nothing like the profile they were communicating with. Social media allows for free expression but doesn't filter out these fake accounts and allows them to continue to deceive other people.
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