Lana Marić, III.

Social networking is not worth the risk. You don't want your aunt
to see photos of you with your firends . . . or vice versa.

As much as I see myself in this situation, I must disagree with the

statement. Considering that I owned Facebook since I was 12, it's
understandable that most of my Facebook friends were my family;
my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Growing up, I was meeting more and
more people and as we were becoming friends, we were becoming
socially connected too. Over the time list of my Facebook friends
grew bigger and I soon started uploading photos and videos of me
and my family, but regardless how entertaining that was, I had to
deal with public humiliation. My every photo had a bunch of
comments from my aunts and uncles always asking how are my
parents doing, when we are coming over and similar, like we don't
own a phone. My friends obviously found that funny, but thankfully it
didn't lasted very long. I soon stopped posting on Facebook, because
other social media platforms came around, but I was still checking up
on my relatives on Facebook and it was pleasant seeing them
travelling and having fun. Seeing someone you care about being
happy truly makes you happy too, and that's when I realised how
pure all those comments were. Although they were hilarious, they
represented someone caring. Now that I barely use Facebook, I
spend most of my time on Instagram and of course, besides my
friends I share my photos with my family too. So I don't really see any
valid reason why I wouldn't want my aunt to see what I'm posting, or
vice versa. Especially when it comes to some cousins I don't see often
enough or someone living abroad. In each case it feels great to catch
up with them and even better, see what they are doing, how are they
feeling, who they're with and so on, and I think anyone who loves
their relatives enough doesn't care which photo they'll see or
comment.