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BRAGGERS OR LONERS, KINDS OF FRIENDSHIP


Braggers or Loners, Kinds of Friendship in 2030


Written By Shamninder Sahota


As of some great who said we choose our friends while family happens to us, this statement is true. But the trends in our society today have become of that the family is all we confide in mostly. Our time that we have is currently divided into work and the rest on Social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and the likes. Everyone seems to be living on their phones at all time. 
In 2030, the generation would so be addicted to social media, I could so be a generation which is so lonely at the same time it has so many more followers. We can’t only blame the gadgets, but the work loads are equally to blame. Everyone posts about where they travelled or where they ate. All the brag on social media sometimes can cause jealousy and competition amongst peers which can further the thought of isolation (Delgado, 2019).
As we can all predict, by 2030 every generation is going to be on social media, “In 2005, 5 per cent of adult internet users in the US reported using social media; in 2016, that number increased to 79 per cent. Given the present rate of growth, we could be looking at certain societies having 100 per cent of adults with internet access on social media” (Business Matters, 2017), which is evidently true in 2030. But by 2030 everyone would on social media, be it children or adults which impact every aspect of our lives.

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Business Matters. (2017, September 13). 5 ways social media will change employees by 2030. Retrieved from Business Matters: https://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/opinion/5-ways-social-media-will-change-employees-2030/

Delgado, C. (2019, February 17). Why is this generation so lonely? Retrieved from Gulf News: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/why-is-this-generation-so-lonely-1.62112857


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