Written by: Aavash Malla - 26001, Grade X
Posted on: 16 February, 2024
The Internet is a massive platform where all of us can share our thoughts, views, and opinions. On the internet, there is a wealth of new knowledge that we can gain and share simultaneously. Although the internet plays a major role in improving one’s life, there are some negatives that are very unwanted and undesired by society.
We have seen many things on the internet that we believe are true, but we do not know that for sure. When we are uncertain of the truth, it might as well be fake or false. Nowadays, almost all of us believe what is shown on the internet, but do we ever confirm if the news is true or false? Most of us do not, which is a big mistake. There are many things that we see on the internet that are true, and there are just as many false things as well. On the internet, there are many influencers who promote different things. For example, some might promote mental health, while others might promote physical health. There are different measures that one might take to improve both their mental health and physical health.
There are videos of people becoming rich from being broke, and after seeing those videos, we also think that we can do what they did. But real life is very different. We might be able to do what they did, but we have to work as hard as them and not waste our time on unnecessary things. Social media plays a big role in either improving our life or making it worse. We see all these influential videos on social media where they post about their life and how it improved. There are physical athletes and bodybuilders who show their transformation from having a poor body image to having a good body image, and we believe we can achieve it. But we have to put in the equivalent amount of effort and dedication that they gave to achieve what they achieved. There are hundreds and thousands of fake videos shown on the internet that are all very appealing and interesting but are not true.
Comparing the Internet with real life, we can say that most of the things that we see are not completely true. There are videos of beautiful places with amazing scenery, but if we visit those places ourselves, the results might be totally different. People from all around the world post different things on the internet, and we believe them. But in real life, things are very different. There might be things that we do not like on the internet, such as false and fake news. We believe in what we see, and that can lead us to believe different things and other fake things. If what we saw on the internet were true, then all of us would just be on the internet all day instead of experiencing things on our own.
