Monday, November 4, 2013

The World And The Influences It Has On Us


In my personal opinion, the world that we live in and experience influence us in major ways. These influences may be good or bad, large or small however each one makes an impact in our lives. The human race is always consuming ideas and media. Most of these influences come from social media and other forms of technology, such as T.V and Internet.
An example of such an influence would be the website www.reddit.com. Reddit, is a website where people post links, and users vote on those links, determining what links are the best and which are the worst. Reddit is extremely good at what it does, and since there are over 85 million unique visitors of the site, it influences many different people.
The culture of reddit is unique because of how it influences people. In 2008 reddit voted to name a whale being saved by Greenpeace Mr. Splashy Pants gathering over 78% of all votes. This influence that reddit had over the community just proves how external sources can influence people.

Sites such as www.reddit.com impact people in many unique ways. These sites change viewpoints, and generate new ideas that impact our everyday lives. In the future, I can only foresee these influences becoming stronger, which can be a very good, or a very bad thing.