The issue is that it is not the same, even if people have used social media for a long time to keep track of the activities of their friends and family the majority still preferred to engage directly with their fiend and family if given the opportunity, the fact they could not do so lead many people to try to find some kind of substitute and unfortunately many people fell victims of addictions because of it, precisely because they did not had the support of their families at this crucial time.
If their friends far from them, they will prefer to track their activities from social media. But if their friends are close to them or are in the same city, they will prefer to try to track engage directly with them and ask them directly. Still, the pandemic makes many people care because it can turn people who can control many things become uncontrolled about something that they read from the internet. Supports from their families will be important to have prevention from any bad things that can happen.
One of the functions of social media is to be able to connect us with our friends and family who are far enough away. So we can all monitor each
other's activities and circumstances through social media. But since the pandemic, our way of life has changed without realizing it. I communicate
more with friends and my family go out through social media, although sometimes we are all close together. Maybe without realizing it appears
the fear of being infected if we leave the house too much. So in the end, social media plays an important role in this. I agree that the support of
our closest friends or family is very important in preventing any bad things from happening. including preventing us from becoming addicted
to gambling. Because sometimes our friends and family find out about our daily activities, including our activities in the online world,
unless we lie to our family and friends about our activities.
If we can use social media for the right thing, that will really help us communicate. But unfortunately, in the wrong hands, social media can be used as a tool to commit a crime as we see that many of them spread bad words or promote something that it should not see by any ages, especially for a younger. I also use social media to communicate with many of my family members, and I know that I do not have to use it all day long.
We should know how to treat social media not to disturb our real life and balance our lives. So when one of our friends or families gets something bad, we can support them and still hold them not to go down. And if it's necessary, we can go to their home to give direct help so they can solve the problem.