A similar story would be Adrian Chen’s “Unfollow” about a young woman fueled by blind rage able to amplify her hate virtually. She eventually is persuaded into a better and more diverse way of thinking by the very people who contradicted her values. What can be taken from the articles are both the benefits and setbacks that can come from virtual interaction. That being said, there is far from enough information to determine for sure whether social media is a productive or counterproductive form of communication. The limits of the virtual world are yet to be completely tested as the convenience of media is still relatively new. With all these new emerging sites, we have already been able to collect data on what good and bad social media can bring. Overall, social media is an inhibitor that takes away from our essential communicative abilities but can have both positive and negative effects.

Social Media has proven to be one of mankind’s most convenient platforms, by making it absurdly easy to post your opinions, ideas, and information to the world in a matter of seconds. However, we must ask if the convenience is really such a blessing. “The Limits of Friendship” gives insight into the importance of the Dunbar Number, a social specification scale that can date the size of social groups going back centuries.  Effects of the increase of social media use and how it distorts the real meaning of the Number. Konnikova states, “It’s quite conceivable that we might end up less social in the future, which would be a disaster because we need to be more social—our world has become so large” (Konnikova 2). The number gives an insight into the idea of what a real friend is and how media platforms like Instagram or Twitter could have a counterproductive response to interpretation of relationships. 

1. The two paragraphs above are from the second essay assigned to us recently. After a complete revision of the passages, I was able to identify transitions, pointing terms and key terms. It made it easier as I was to identify my strong argumentative points so that I could strengthen the reasoning behind them. I also found I was repeating a few transition phrases. I was able to diversify them which made my essay sound smoother overall. Identifying my key terms helped me better understand the main point of my argument and gave a lot of clarity.