#2- Whats so addicting?

The one question I wonder all the time about social media is, why is it so addicting? What is it about social media that makes millions of people check their phones every 5 minutes? Why are we so intrigued in other people's lives on the internet and why do we feel the need to post our own lives all over the internet? Those are tough questions to answer and psychiatrists and academic researchers have been trying to figure out what it is about social media that is so addicting.

In this article I found online, The author talks about some of the answers to these questions. The main answer is that it's human nature. Dr. pamela rutledge talks about the importance of social validation and popularity on media websites regarding how many likes or favorites a person receives. The author says that, "What drives us to use social media in the way we use it has less to do with social media platforms and more to do with psychology." It's true that people are so concerned with what they post on social media and care so much about how many likes they get. We think too much about what we post and take it too seriously like it controls us.

The article gives 5 reasons that we may find social media so addicting and I couldn't agree more with them. One of the reasons is "Fear of Missing out" which is probably one of the biggest reasons because social media makes it so much easier to keep in touch with people and to constantly follow what people are doing by pictures and tweets. Another one is self esteem which goes along with another reason which is control. People 100% control what they post online and they can make sure they look as perfect as they can. Some people's self esteem relies on the pictures they post online and the amount of comments and likes they receive. The other reasons in the article make a lot of sense too. There is so many answers to the questions about the addiction of social media and every one can personally answer those themselves as well.