Is social media killing your relationships?

In the dining room, at a party, at the office and even in a meeting, one thing you will never fail to see is people staring at their cell phones.
Be it on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, IMO, Snaphat or Skype to name just a few. Society is lacking in direct human interaction.
Social media is like a big fat cat swallowing everything and everyone it sees.
People are no longer able to live in the moment without taking selfies or making videos. Even couples no longer spend genuine time with their significant others. How many times have you walked into a bar and saw couples on their cell phones?
Could it be that the first date isn’t going well, or maybe we are constantly on the lookout for breaking news?
It has become so easy to know what colleagues, friends and family are up to as we are all guilty of posting everything we do on social media.
We are no longer able to share sentimental moments without letting the whole world know. The sad truth is that soon we will forget how to interact with people in real life.

Then there is the oversharing. Your grandmother could be in the hospital and you post a status that she needs prayer. 

The pressure of posting the best photos and videos is really high, to such an extent that even if one sees a person being raped or being beaten, instead of helping out we are quick to take out our cellphone and record everything.
One question we should ask ourselves, is social media killing human interaction?
Imagine being at a party and not being able to fully enjoy the moment because you are continuously updating what’s happening on social media.
Where is the fun in that?
Then there is the oversharing. Your grandmother could be in the hospital and you post a status that she needs prayer.
Okay, she might be in hospital but how can you ask people you don’t even know to pray for someone they don’t even know, when you share it with strangers it loses its value.
People who post all the time are seen as attention seekers. All those likes, shares and comments make us addicted to posting more stuff.
I’ll admit I am guilty of that myself but as of now, I am cleansing my system of social media attention.
I am a victim of comparing my life to those I see on social media of which most are fake. We tend to focus more on other peoples “ravishing lives” instead of our own. It is hard to focus on our own lives when so many people are constantly sharing every single problem and achievement on our timeline.
Let us stop watching other people’s lives through our phones and data (if I may add) instead of living in the moment of our own lives.