I found Kerry Chan-Laddaran's article " Social Media is Not Real, Says Instagram Star" as
interesting but unnecessary. I assume its veered more towards young teens, but I don't know how many young
teens go on CNN.com. The article had a lot of information I feel like older teens and adults should already know, like "what you see on social media isn't always true to life." I will agree sometimes I see a flawless picture of a celebrity and in that moment think" their life must be perfect" but then I remember that no one really posts pictures celebrating hardships. The true difficulties we face often don't appear on social media, mostly because they're hard to talk about, or show us in an unfavorable light. I find it kinda weird that CNN would write about someone deciding to no longer post on social media. With so many more important things going on in the world I really don't understand why they would take the time to write about something so trivial. By writing about Essena O'Neill decision to quit social media, the article glorifies social media, putting it at a standard it really doesn't deserve. Social media is meant for fun, something to do in your leisurely time, if you find it taking over your life, get help.
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