We live in a world where tweets, likes, and shares control our lives. Where filters are our knights in shining armor because we are certainly not confident in our own physical appearance. So it’s not a big surprise that the media has taken control of our dating lives too.
Long gone are the days of flirtatious smiles. When letters would be exchanged along with sweet words of love while one longs to sneak a glance of their beloved. No, now is the time for swiping. From the first swipe to virtual dating, our dating lives are doing the tango with social media!
The Impact Of Social Media
But have you ever thought what are the true impacts of social media on your lives? Let’s take a look
Dating Applications
Dating applications have changed the way people meet with one another. These applications have made it easier for people to connect with one another because it provides easy access to a possible partner. You can have a chat and explore if the person has the same likes and thinking as you and see if there is a spark. You also have a lot of options since the reach is unlimited. So, there will be more chances of you finding a good match.
Virtual Courting
Social media seems to have a great impact on the early stages of a relationship. It has given access to people to stay connected even if they are living apart. They can stay connected through messaging or likes or comments. This ability to connect virtually has given the option for everyone to develop a deep connection before they get to meet in person.
Managing Long Distance Relationships
Social Media has made it easier to manage long-distance relationships. It provides a path for them to stay connected. You can leave heartfelt messages and comments on each other’s feeds. There are video-call apps, free messaging apps, and image-sharing platforms that you can utilize to flutter each other’s hearts.
Social Validation
I believe this is a negative impact of social media. We are prone to social validation. We constantly seek validation from our online peers to make ourselves believe that we are doing the right thing. This has led to more pressure on today’s couples to share more and more of their lovey-dovey posts so that people will approve of their relationship.
Celebrations
Social Media has also revolutionalized the way we celebrate our anniversaries and other important milestones. It serves as a digital journal where you can save your memories. This has made reminiscing the memories while producing less waste too.
Dealing With Heartbreaks
While social media has made other things easy, it has certainly made it difficult to deal with heartbreaks. In the past, a breakup meant cutting ties with your partner. You could take a break and look at your life with a new perspective. Maintaining distance from your partner also made it a bit easy to move on and take your mind off of them.
But now, even after you break up, you can easily stalk your ex and see what is happening in their life. It’s difficult to unfollow, block, and move past your partner when you can see them living their life normally. This obsession to stalk can turn unhealthy quickly and things can escalate.
Social Media Quotes
Social media is not a media. The key is to listen, engage, and build relationships
David Alston
Think about what people are doing on Facebook today. They’re keeping up with their friends and family, but they’re also building an image and identity for themselves, which in a sense is their brand. They’re connecting with the audience that they want to connect to. It’s almost a disadvantage if you’re not on it now
Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder and CEO of Facebook
Social Media can provide a conversational extension to a B2B company’s nurturing programs. Social Media gives us the opportunity to humanize our communications and make our companies more approachable
Ardath Albee, CEO of marketinginteractions.com
Engage rather than sell … Work as a co-creator, not a marketer
Tom H. C. Anderson, market researcher
Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage
Amy Jo Martin, Founder and CEO of Digital Royalty
By not tweeting you’re tweeting. You’re sending a message
Social marketing eliminates the middlemen, providing brands with the unique opportunity to have a direct relationship with their customers
Bryan Weiner, CEO, Comscore
Activate your fans, don’t just collect them like baseball cards
Jay Baer, Convince & Convert
You don’t need a corporation or a marketing company to brand you now: you can do it yourself. You can establish who you are with a social media following
Ray Allen, former American professional basketball player
Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social
Jay Baer, Convince & Convert
The first rule of social media is that everything changes all the time. What won’t change is the community’s desire to network
Kami Huyse, PR & social media strategist, entrepreneur, CEO Zoetica Media
If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends
Jeff Bezos, CEO at Amazon.com
Social media allows big companies to act small again
Jay Baer, keynote speaker, emcee, author, and entrepreneur
Social Media puts the “public” into PR and the “market” into marketing
Chris Brogan, President of New Marketing Labs, chrisbrogan.com
Social media will help you build up loyalty of your current customers to the point that they will willingly, and for free, tell others about you
Bonnie Sainsbury, Founder and CEO of Social Media Smarter
Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t want plastered on a billboard with your face on it
Erin Bury, Sprouter community manager
Pushing a company agenda on social media is like throwing water balloons at a porcupine
Erik Qualman, author, and motivational Speaker
We’re living at a time when attention is the new currency. Those who insert themselves into as many channels as possible look set to capture the most value
Pete Cashmore, Founder of mashable.com
Social media is about sociology and psychology more than technology
Brian Solis, digital analyst, author, keynote speaker
Privacy is dead, and social media hold the smoking gun
Pete Cashmore, Mashable CEO
Content is fire. Social media is gasoline
Jay Baer, keynote speaker, emcee, author, and entrepreneur
The most successful marketer becomes part of the lives of their followers. They follow back. They wish happy birthday. They handle problems their customers have with products or services. They grow their businesses and brands by involving themselves in their own communities
Marsha Collier, speaker and business author
Social Media can provide a conversational extension to a B2B company’s nurturing programs. Social Media gives us the opportunity to humanize our communications and make our companies more approachable
Ardath Albee, CEO & B2B marketing strategist, marketinginteractions.com
Search is about figuring out what people are looking for when they enter keywords into their favorite search engine. Social media is what people are actually saying to each other; they’re telling us what they’re looking for. We, as marketers, should be able to fit it all together pretty nicely
Norm Elrod, Digital Media Consultant, joblessandless.com
You as a brand have to be completely confident about your position, because you will get criticism. You will have a negative reaction. If you didn’t get a negative reaction, that means you’re standing neutral and you have no point of view. Who wants to participate in that?
Frank Cooper, Pepsico
Social media creates communities, not markets
Don Schultz, marketing pioneer
When you say it, it’s marketing. When they say it, it’s social proof
Andy Crestodina
Social media is a contact sport
Margaret Molloy, CMO of SiegelGale
If you’re looking for the next big thing, and you’re looking where everyone else is, you’re looking in the wrong place
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks
Social Media puts the “public” into PR and the “market” into marketing
Chris Brogan, President of New Marketing Labs, Chrisbrogan.com
Social networks aren’t about Web sites. They’re about experiences
Mike DiLorenzo, NHL social media marketing director
Just as you don’t need to be on every single TV channel, I don’t believe a brand needs to be on every single social media in one big way
Shiv Singh, CMO Eargo, author, speaker
Conversations are happening whether you are there or not
Kim Garst
The best advice for anyone trying to grow on social media is to be real and to be consistent. People will connect more with you if you stay true to yourself and who you are. Create a schedule where you have a balance of pictures and videos that people will love. Just have fun with it and don’t be afraid to take risks
Lele Pons, Venezuelan-American artist and social media creator
Social Media Addiction
Social Media addiction is a serious problem that can interfere with your daily life. Here is a short video that shows you what social media addiction can look like:
Recap
Social media has made it easier for us to connect with everyone. Now, our loved ones are just one click away and there are no limits to meeting new people and getting acquainted. But, too much of anything is not good. Just know when it is time to unplug and recharge. Don’t let it consume your everyday life because remember to
Stay hungry, stay foolish
Also Read: Turning the Page: Steps to Create a New Chapter in Your Life
