want, and however they want. Nowadays, when a person feels like expressing themselves in any way they wish, they can effortlessly go online and post their thoughts. That ability may lead to problems in the future, as things that enter the Internet are never truly deleted. For example, even if someone deleted a post from two years ago, that same “deleted” post can be traced and rediscovered. In a situation where a person was extremely frustrated or emotional, they may have shared hurtful comments regarding another person, group, or thing. Even if they posted these comments in the heat of the moment, that online post can lead to future consequences, and we are exposed to this type of Internet digging almost every day now. For example, professional athletes will get traded to a new team and users on the internet can find controversial tweets regarding that player resurfacing an old issue. Most recently, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has had countless old tweets and posts resurface allowing old problems to come into the spotlight again. Perhaps these issues would not have resurfaced if he simply stayed off Twitter. Even so, Donald Trump is not the only person in the political world taking advantage of social media in terms of releasing information and news to the public. The problem, however, arises when discussing polarizing politics, in which people only follow things on social media that solidify their own political beliefs. This issue leads to close-minded individuals strictly leaning with people or networks that cater to their specific political ideology, rather than hearing facts or the other side of an argument. Unlike the real world, social media sites allow users to think before they say something and edit their post before making it public for the world to see. Users of social networking sites should take advantage of the opportunity to think before making something permanent, especially ones that would lead to repercussions. Although there are multiple social networking sites that are able to connect people in a variety of ways, the harmful outcomes outweigh the benefits. Nowadays, people are inadequately forming real life relationship, students are easily distracted leading them to poor study habits, and every post, good or bad, remains on the Internet permanently. Social media sites were not created to cause so many issues, as they still provide revolutionary ways of communicating, expressing oneself, and branding for job-related affairs. However, just like any other aspect in life, social media should come in moderation. Unfortunately, with the constant advancement in technology, it seems very difficult to keep people away from looking down at their screens. In order to tackle the social media phenomenon, people need to embrace life without their cellphones, engage in interpersonal conversations, and develop long-lasting relationship without the assistance of an app or website. People are becoming addicted to their hardware and their “Facebook Friends” instead of trying to create real life connections and relationships that will last past their news feed. I believe that people need to look up fr>