How social media is getting you down

Social Media - No Freedom Is Absolute
AllAfrica.com
IT is now a fact and it is only a matter of time. Tanzanians are looking forward to taking part in the upcoming elections that will be held in October this year. Various political candidates from different political parties will be contesting for presidential and ...

These days, it is rare to hear of children who do not have some sort of profile with at least a small handful of social networking sites. Whether your children are online once in a blue moon or their instant messenger seems permanently attached to the palm of their hand, it affects them.

The evolution of the internet has brought forth some good and some bad things. Recently, five Black American teenagers were caught on camera, beating up a girl at a McDonalds in the States.

Death is inevitable. High and mighty or lowly and miserable, it is just a matter of time before it catches up with you.

Morogoro regional commissioner Joel Bendera (pictured below) has cautioned the public over misuse of social media.

These days, it’s not just pizza memes and white and gold (I mean, blue and black) dresses that go viral. To all you hot singles out there: beware. Whereas tales of dating mistakes used to be told to small, hushed groups of close friends, in this Social Media Age they can now be regaled to online communities of thousands – and there's a growing trend for dedicated accounts that exist for the sole purpose of outing the desperate, the lecherous and the stupid.
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We need to be careful with social media during election
Bayoubuzz
IN two months from now, Tanzania shall be going to the polls to elect councilors, members of parliament and the president of the United Republic of Tanzania and that of Zanzibar. The campaigns are scheduled to start next Saturday. It is undoubted that ...

Yes, I agree that the very objective of social media, apart from being a source of news, is being a platform for interaction. In the few years of its existence, social media has changed greatly the way people communicate.