Most of us are on social media. Obviously, no one would want to miss out on the latest gossip surrounding showbiz nor anybody would want to miss out on the latest stirs happening in the world. But one of the primary reasons why most of the ‘hormonal upsurge hit’ teenagers have their accounts intact is because they stalk their beloved celebrities. I mean, who would want to miss out on the chance to peep into their idols’ lives when they update everything? It also opens the doorway to the dreamland of connecting with their preferred celebrities. DMs (direct messages), lives, and whatnot have substantially reduced the apparent virtual distance between fans and celebrities if not physical distance.

But everything in this world has a dark side running exactly parallel to it and social media is no exception. Who isn’t aware of social media trolling? It’s one of those bitter parts of this hyperactive social media world that has made it unpopular, resulting in many celebrities taking a hiatus or even quitting this online world. It isn’t an undivulged fact as to what trolling is all about. It’s mostly because of their hair, makeup, dressing sense, overall appearance, and so on. Agreed, you can’t like everybody's sense of fashion nor you can approve every piece of clothing that’s out there in the fashion business. There is a way of posing criticism and people shouldn’t be unmindful of this. There is a fine line that metamorphoses criticism and trolling. You can be blunt in your criticism but you can’t be a bully.

Commenting on somebody’s physical appearance is the worst form of trolling social media has led us to experience. A greater section of society acknowledges that but there is also a part of the society that fails to recognize the impact these absurd and meaningless comments can have. For them, demeaning somebody is fun. This is the sad part. Highlighting somebody’s skin complexion, hair type, body type and even sexuality as insecurities rather than celebrating these differences is the defeatist bubble that encircles social media. But who cares? When it hardly takes a few seconds to be mean to somebody, which in return gives an unhealthy self-contentment, then why not? This mindset needs to be changed. Education will do its part in the long run but the apparent solution is to completely ignore such people. They are desperate for attention. Better not give them what they crave so dearly. And it’s all the trailblazing cult. One person starts with the negativity and others simply follow.

It is also because of the bizarre beauty standards set up by the society. You have to be this and that to be called beautiful. But the funnier part is, when celebs get some surgeries done to fit in the beauty standards, they again start getting trolled for being unable to appreciate their natural beauty. How can we forget the new Korean beauty obsession that society has been hit with? Why can’t we just accept each other the way we are and simply call each other beautiful? ‘White is beautiful ’-no! ‘Brown is beautiful’-no! ‘Black is beautiful’-no! All skin tones are beautiful. All that society needs is to embrace one another.

‘Only positivity on social media’ is a Utopian scenario but can still be strived to achieve. Social media has made me discern the fact that appreciating each other and hyping up each other is actually a real task for some people. Such people need to be embraced with love. After all, it is not even that hard to harness positivity around. It deserves to be given a try!

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