Social Media: Is It A Blessing Or A Curse?

Public Area is CBC Calgary's place for opinion. Individuals are invited to submit pieces on subjects of public interest. Readers can then submit their views in the feedback part at the underside of the page. We ask that every one comments are respectful. In her piece, Emily Leedham laments the lasting impressions left by social media as she reflects on rising up in a related world.

An authentic version of this column was posted to her Fb web page. I am really concerned about social media. I grew up an extreme fundamentalist and held some views that I positively don't agree with today. I have at all times tried to be open about that, however, as a result of that was a huge part of my life and has contributed to who I'm in the present.

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I did not simply wake up like this, it was an extended arduous path. I used to be homeschooled all through various points in my life. At one point, around ages 11 to 13, I principally had no friends apart from some children I knew on-line. All of us were a bunch of weirdos, to be sincere.

I read individuals like Rush Limbaugh and Mark Steyn and checked conservative blogs daily. I even started my very own blog the place I wrote about politics and religion. It was a wierd time in my life and it frustrates me to this present day, however I additionally don't know what I would have completed without those children.

They had been my solely pals. Circumstances like that have had an impact on me for the rest of my life. I nonetheless make associates online. I've worked out my ideas and beliefs online and have come to very different conclusions in regards to the world. A few of my closest associates today I met by way of Twitter or Tumblr.

To me, the online world has never been separate, however an extension of my reality. So it pains me to see that my own growing process, which has been such a optimistic thing for me, and far of which has occurred on-line, may at some point be used in opposition to me. I am a human being. I exploit this medium to connect with different humans.

I've shared my joys, my beliefs, and my sorrows and frustrations on-line since I used to be a child. As I grow older, I really feel like I've restricted extra of what I share, but it doesn't suggest I wish to erase a historical past once i shared more. What does this mean?