- Selling the idea of smiles rather than the toothpaste itself
-Importance of face to face human interactions, smile
Human interactions reduced to typing
Designed to provoke a reaction from the people involved. A Provocation Piece causes friction. It is a means of communication to let the respondents talk about more intimate feelings like desires, fears, dreams
WHY IS THIS BAD?
-Affection/ Emotions / intentions not shared as genuinely as in real life situations
-depression
-A lot of body language/ facial expressions are lost
-Breeding a new generation of narcissists
-Voyeurism instead of actual caring
WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE?
-We want people to rely lesser/ place lesser importance to social media and retain the most basic human form of interaction which is face-to-face conversations.
"Social media apps like Facebook have made it so easy to communicate, we barely do it by other any other means anymore."