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Iusetheinternetal
mo stev
erydaythatIhav e“dat
a”.Isur
f,Ipl
ay,Iwatch,I
postandsharethet hi
ngsthatIthi
nkisint
er es
tingo
rfunnytomethi
shelpsme
rel
ievet
hestressthatIoftenexperi
enc
ear oundme.
UsMi l
lenial susethei nternetfo rv ariousreas onsei t
heri tb eformaki ngfr iends ,
playingg amesando rstreamingv ideo swewantt owat ch,o neo fthemo s
tus edb y
peoplet ob et hems elvesiss oci
almedi a,hereyo uc anmakenewfr iendso rfindpeo ple
orgr oupswec ani nt eractwi t
ho rhav esomethi ngi nc ommo nwi theac ho t
her ,weus e
soci
almedi aappl i
c ationso rsitesuc hasFac eb ook,instagr amandt wi
ttert o
communi cat ewithpeo plefarawayfr omusi tc anb eb ysendi ngthemapi c
tur eav i
deo
orcallingt hempeo pl eus esocialmedi at oconnec tsthewo r l
dmo r
et hanev erb efo re,
andal sot ob roadc as torpo s
twhathappenst oo urdai lylivesandex pressour selvesas
ani ndi v
idual .Youc ans endpi cturesv ideo
so rmes s
agest hatyo uwantt osayo r
expres stot hewo rldo rthepeo pleyo uwantt hemt osee,Thes ethreeS oci
almedi as i
tes
/appso ffer speo plefr eedo mo fs peec handb es omeb odyt heywantt ob easan
individualwi t
hmi ni malc ensorship,whatImeanwi thmi nimalc ens or
shipispeo pl
ec an
postwhat evert heywantt o,butifo therpeo plefi ndi tdisturb i
ng,unc omfo rtableo r
viol
atest hei rbeli
efst heyhav et hepo wertoas kthats i
tet otakedo wnthepo stsoi t
canb edel eted.
Theinternetisaddict
ing ,becausewec anac cessmorei nformationt hanbooksthatwe
read,alsothere’
stheg ami ngparto ftheinternet,thi
si salsoanotheraddi c
tio
nt hat
peopleuseatadai lybasisandev eryt i
met heyg etachanc e,weplaymo bi
legamest o
reli
evestres
sfr o
mo urdai lyacti
viti
esandt ob ondwi t
hfr iendsfarawayfr omus ,
evenifwedo n’tknowwhot heyare,her eli
kes oci
almedi a,wec anb uil
daper sonali
ty
thatwewantt hroughav atarsorc haracter
st hatwec reate,useorc ustomi
ze.Andwi th
theinternetandg ames,t hesecanhel pconnectpeo pl
et hatar efarawayev eni fthey
aremi l
esapar t
.
Peopl
ecanalsousethethingwec al
lforumsorchatroomstotal
kaboutwhattheywant
andkno wwhohasthesamei nteres
tsastheyar
e,chat r
oomsareli
keames s
ageb oard
onwhichyoucanpostatopicthatyo uandmemb er
so fthatfor
umc antal
kab outthat
topi
candhelpyouknowt hingsthatyoumaynotkno w.