Since the dawn of the internet people have been scouring the net in search of like minded individuals to share experience with. In this new age of hyper connectivity it almost seems that humanity has begun to actually devolve in their ability to socialize with one another in the classical "in real life" sense. We live in an age where folks are seemingly disconnected with eachother, and with this disconnect comes a hunger for acceptance and attention..

This is what social media platforms like Facebook prey on.

Addiction is Addiction, No Matter the Medium

You post some status or meme, if you're lucky someone views this and hits the like button. What happens in this action to your brain is a small amount of dopamine is released because you now know someone has seen you post and reacted to it. Dopamine is a phenethylamine neuro-transmitter released by neurons in the brain which acts as a sort of reward or motivation component of reward-motivated behavior. Basically when you get a like you get a "hit" of the feel good drug that our brain makes, which leads to the addiction.

_{( Dopamine, What you really get when you get a like! Source: google.com )}

The Danger of Social Media Based Addiction

People in this day and age have been groomed by our societal circumstance to crave instant gratification. It's a sad reality where people are literally craving to feel good or whole but lack proper lifestyles to get what they crave. This leads to folks spending more time glued to the internet & social media sites while posting their days exploits in hopes of getting likes, attention or finding a connection to another human being. Which in turn furthers the problem of a lack of actual social engagement with others, which then creates a vacuum for attention within the user which they self medicate using social media..

It's a nasty self fulfilling prophecy which actually serves to alienate the user from real social interaction. People would much rather sit on their asses and attempt to get their gratification online rather than actually go out and do something that truly makes them happy.

Living Disconnected, Ultimately Lonely Times

It's been said that the recent years have been recorded as the loneliest times in history for people. The theory goes that people have opted towards trying to gather their required social interactions online rather than actually going out and having social interaction. Humans for the most part are social or communal creatures that evolved living in tribes where it was nearly impossible to avoid interaction with other members of the community. In this day and age a person can nearly avoid going out and interacting with others, given the fact that you can now basically have anything from food to clothing even up towards entertainment sent to you without ever leaving the warm glow of your computer screen.

This is what I believe is causing the eruption of loneliness on this planet. People are far to busy trying to get their fix of social engagement and attention on platforms that essentially cut them off from much needed real people, real world interactions which we evolved in.

We're Losing Grip on What it is to be Human Thanks to Social Media
Replaced with "Cheap Thrills", Fake Attention and Fleeting Happiness

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