this kitkat ad is a perfect depiction of what most people believe would happen if the internet took a break. #hilarious

If social media took a break would the world survive?

It is a cold winter’s morning in Cape Town, a young girl named Robin wakes to the sound of her alarm. While getting ready for class she notices that her cell phone is not picking up signal. Thinking nothing of it she continues getting ready. Before leaving the house she checks her laptop to see if she can access her Facebook or twitter account. Nothing is working? Her WhatsApp nor Bbm? How would she be able to contact her friend Zarinah to hear if she was attending class? How would she contact her boyfriend? No one buys airtime anymore. She is officially stranded.

Luckily that was just a fictional story but how would people react if social media ever took a break. There would be no checking the “interesting facts” on Facebook, Tweeting out what you had for breakfast, no selfies being posted on Instagram and no homework being passed over Bbm or WhatsApp. As a young adult social media and internet for that matter gets more interaction from me that my own family does sad but true. With social media I get instant responses to my questions and instant gratification.

Although the internet basically governs the way we live we once lived in a world where there was no internet (scary but true) and civilisation went on. Taking a break from social media would leave you with more time to do things that don’t require nearly injuring your fingers from typing and getting “square eyes” from constantly staring at your cell phone or laptop screen.

Corona, S (2014) the CTO of twitpic decided to take a break from social media for 30 days and found that not spending all those hours online allowed for more time spent on things like training for a marathon. Taking time from social media in my opinion will not end the world.

 

I asked a few people how they would feel if social media took a break

Michael J, 22 “as long as I can still be in contact with my girlfriend then a basic phone call would do”.

Angie, 45 “as long as the post office is still operating I can stay in communication with letters”.

Abigail Reynolds, 21 “no I would never survive because social media has become part of communication. It keeps me in touch with what is going on around the world and it’s so much quicker.

The youth of today as well as the adults of the world need to remember that before there was social media people communicated through other means.

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