Since the early 2000s, social media has spread like wildfire, becoming one of the top forms of communication in a relatively short time.
Now at 2016, almost everybody has a social media handle (or knows someone who does)—from Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter to Instagram and Snapchat.
Since the recent rise of social media apps on our smartphones, it makes it that much harder to avoid, or to put one’s phone down—it’s just one click away. Being on your cell phone, or sitting in front of your computer all day long on these social media handles, people start to develop pet peeves.
It’s sort of like being around someone 24/7—you start to notice some of their bad habits.
And it seems New Yorkers couldn’t agree more. Here’s what they told Epoch Times.
1. Mike Gomez, 26, of Queens, New York
Gomez said he started with Facebook, followed by Instagram, and then Tumblr, but now “I don’t use anything,” he said. But, when he had a Facebook account, he had a lot of “cyber friends” who he wasn’t really friends with. When asked why he doesn’t have any social media handles, he said it was getting too “addictive.”
“I found myself on it when I didn’t need to be on it, it was something to fill up time,” he said.
