Monday Snow Day: The new way to socialize

I chose to pick how this podcast relates to "Technology doesn't change us; it just changes the way we socialize." In this case the girls base how many comments and likes they get from Instagram to how good the picture is. They also think if you're best friends with them then you're obligated to comment on their picture.

This is hard for me to understand because I guess either I'm "too old" to understand the younger generations thinking on social media and the rules that apparently come with it or just that I don't view social media this way. For these girls it's all about how good you look to others. They get genuinely upset when a photo doesn't get two likes a second. I don't think that changes them, I just think it changes the way they socialize. Instead of caring about how they look to people in person they care about how they look to people online. The comments matter on their pictures more than the comments they get in person. 

I just don't see how their views matter on Instagram comments and likes. Wouldn't it mean more if someone told them they were pretty in person rather than just on their pictures? When someone does it in person it's creepy. They would rather have the comment because it makes them feel better about themselves. For them it's about the posts on Instagram not in person.