“I posted a photo on Instagram today. Within a few hours, the number of likes increased so much that no photo of mine had ever received so many likes and comments before. When I examine the likes, my eyes look for the person whose likes are most important to me, but I cannot find them. However, he was the person I most wanted to approve of where I was and what I was doing. Suddenly the environment starts to feel boring. The people I'm with are losing their taste. Anyway, I say... I'll post a story soon, let's see if anyone will watch it. By the way, standing sideways in my last photo makes me look at least five kilos weaker. People ask how I give, I like it very much. I'm planning to make a profile photo. I've been changing my profile photo for I don't know how many times in the last few days. How difficult it is to decide on a profile photo... I can't decide whether to post one of the last photos I took abroad, or a photo of the one I went with my wife after a terrible time when our six-month-old son got sick, but we look very good and the sea is behind us? In the end, the latter seems like a better idea. Also, I think maybe this will improve things between me and my wife, who have been on edge for a few days. Even though it's only been a year and a half since we got married, the most important point we disagree on is my social media followers and the people I follow... She especially doesn't like it when a female friend of mine likes my photos. Especially if my wife is not with me in that photo…
In digitalized communication environments, most of us are online many times a day. Our identities, which we previously reflected outside when communication was limited and accessing information was not so fast and easy, are today exhibited in different ways and in different ways on the digital platform. If we consider that it is essential for societies to come into contact with each other in order for cultural change to occur, with today's technology, social media accounts and people sharing a lot of information about their lives through websites have created a cultural space where many cultural events can be watched. In addition to the benefits of this, we see that they create a world in which individuals are alienated from their own identities and replace their self with different objects. Well, instead of this “I”, there is a different “b”. What happens when the “bests” emerge? As the subject shifts to the object, we see that the existing value of the human being is replaced by some numerical data, symbols and images. The person who is approved by the "likes" received becomes material and numerical values are assigned to him. In other words, by creating a new sense of self and presenting an "idealized" identity in the online space, the person becomes lonely and asocial in the offline space. Moreover, when he tries to achieve the new image he presents and fails, we see unhappiness and dissatisfaction waiting at the door. As a result, identities produced on social media are quickly consumed and new ones are produced instead. What we have observed socially in recent years is that emotional ties with these identities are not getting better. We observe that individuals who become lonely lose their sense of belonging and want to have more superficial relationships. Considering that in our age, the first thing many people do when they wake up in the morning is to go online, we can say that another point we have reached in the sum of digital environments and the many information they offer us is the competitive environment between people. In this competitive environment, individuals face dissatisfaction when they fail while trying to manage many things in their lives. However, in the end, we are all human and the day is 24 hours a day... So, during your few days of vacation, you can go to the holiday place your friend suggested, take care of a few things related to your work, do research on your child's school, read the last book you need to read, and visit your family elders. … The result is; We neither have the strength nor the time to do all this. Considering that the foundations of being human are feeling and emotions, we should not allow the digital environment to isolate us and alienate our emotions. Let's remember how positive aspects of emotionally contacting and establishing relationships with people can be. Let's appreciate the value judgments that make us who we are and try to protect them...
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