week 9

 This week on social media design we encountered the many advantages and disadvantages regarding social media. There was this ted talk by a woman who discussed the power women hold on social media and the end of gender. As a man who does not spend much time on social media, I can agree with her because I feel as if people would rather see a woman on their screen than a man. Women are naturally more attractive and bring in the attention people crave. Social media or whoever is trying to run social media caught on to those pretty quick hints as to why the main social media are run and displayed by women or women-like products. This week opened my mind a bit regarding the power social media have on our generation in how much they are being used as manipulation. We also jumped onto Instagram and I don't have a personal instagram, so I created one. We went over the many posts you can share on your instagram stories. I see why people are addicted to posting publicly now. It tends to release stress and fulfill attention that is desired. We also watched a video by the Instagram Head of Design, Ian Spalter. We also paid attention to the power of people's followers and how you can develop, almost up to 10k a week, and the more followers you have, the more people will look at you as a powerful person. I feel as if social media have gotten so big that people are just distracted by the feed social media have to offer. It has become such a big deal that people have been completely manipulated to think that there is only one way to live.