On page 480 in Signs of Life in the USA, Ian Daly talks about how online popularity has gotten out of control. And that's not the point, what's even worse is that we know that we are addicted to social media and even then we cannot resist the urge to go on them and dedicate ourselves to them. The most pathetic part is that we actually believe that we are accomplishing something. Daly also talks about how we are not in control of who we are on Facebook once we sign up for it. It could deceiving because our friends on Facebook can manipulate our personality and the kind of person we are. That's another thing he talks about: friends. These are people, who we wouldn't even want to hang out with, are what we call our friends. These friends of ours are only people that we know by whats on their page.
I partly agree with Daly, only because when I had a Facebook all of my friends would always post selfies and be addicted to attention. Many of them had thousands of friends and I thought how do you know all those people. On the other hand I can see how Facebook is used for positive things such as being able to communicate with friends and family living far from you. But I also feel that a lot more people use it for all the wrong reasons then those who use it for its intended purpose.
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