#snapchat

I think this platform is better than other social media platforms because you can be more authentic on here by sharing your thoughts/feelings. On other platforms like Snapchat or Instagram, people tend to mainly share their happy moments (which can be deceiving) and those apps are more for posting pictures whereas you can post pictures and write on here. People complain about anonymous users bullying them on here but I don’t even consider disrespectful individuals who can’t even show their profile as bullying but rather immature and not to be taken seriously. Don’t get me wrong tho, I do love the anonymous feature since I like asking questions without being known, especially in times when I don’t always want the attention to be on me. I’m more insecure when it comes to posting on other social media platforms whereas on this one, I don’t worry about being negatively judged. This platform helped me make friends when I didn’t have any other way to make new friends and so far, I have had mainly good experiences on here.

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I remember trying to buy a juul from this guy because he was selling it and we went to the same high school so I decided to respond to his Snapchat story and negotiate with him on when I could get it but knowing his friend scammed me, I didn’t trust him. I texted him for a while and then started complimenting his smile and went off track. He then asked me if I wanted it or not and I said no due to having trust issues and thinking he’ll scam me too. I then asked him if he was mad at me to which he didn’t reply and left me on read because he was so done with me. I kind of felt bad about wasting his time and missing the opportunity to possibly buy a juul from him but another guy that seemed nice and trustworthy said he had one for me and I finally got it. Unfortunately, my younger brother got mad at me and threw away my juul one day so I don’t have it anymore but it’s good that I never got addicted to nicotine so it wasn’t a huge deal.

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Yes but only because they did me wrong. Someone in high school tried to help me with my anxiety in class and I genuinely thought they were nice but the year after that, we didn’t have any classes together. When I reached out to them a year later by replying to their Snapchat story and telling them that if they ever needed anything I’d always be there for them,
I got blocked. I was kind and didn’t think they’d do that so I felt hurt and didn’t understand why they did that and the only possibility I could think of was that they wanted to hurt me. Also, the friends that I’d reach out to every once in a while unfollowing me on Instagram and never once reaching out to me made me feel like I was wasting my time in the past (when I use to have conversations with them) so I wondered if being nice wasn’t enough to keep them around.

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I don’t think it would be fair to entirely blame social media for ruining relationships since it’s mainly up to individuals themselves to save their relationships and try to make it last. If jealousy over ones partner following the opposite gender on social media is the reason for the breakup, I think that’s a shallow reason unless cheating was involved or the partner wouldn’t stop talking about the person they happen to follow on social media. If it’s jealousy over them having guy/girl friends on Snapchat and chatting with them every once in a while (or frequently), then it’s best to work on ones jealousy issues and ask themselves if they truly trust their partner. In a relationship, trust is everything and if it’s not there, then it’s quite pointless to continue the relationship since it’s hard to love without trust. If one trusts their partner but they have evidence of their partner being unfaithful, then that’s a different story. At the end of the day, it all comes down to whether or not both partners love, trust, and respect each other enough to give each other space but also feel secure in their relationship at the same time.

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I’ve been through this since the first guy that I’ve ever liked and fell in love with didn’t even consider me a friend and would tell others that he didn’t know me when they’d ask about me to him. I knew he liked someone else at the time we started speaking to each other but I still had hope that he’d be interested in me and it made me even more hopeful when he’d ask questions like, “Would you ever date me?”. He’s made it clear that he didn’t like me when he got his best friend involved and told him to talk to me (more like interrogate me) and then told me that he didn’t like me romantically. We later started drifting apart and when I downloaded Snapchat and added him as a friend, I got blocked shortly afterwards for taking a screenshot of his Snapchat story. Years later, I decided to reach out to him on his new account on Snapchat and when I thought we were doing streaks on his new account (since he sent me random snaps), I decided to send a selfie and he clearly thought I was hitting on him so he removed me as a friend. The thing is, I was just looking for a friendship due to talking to him in the past but he just couldn’t get over the fact that I liked him at one point and was obviously looking for an excuse to get rid of me. I’ve now understood that I’ll only be disappointed and have my feelings hurt the more I try talking to him so I’ve let him go because I didn’t have any other choice.

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I’ve been using social media for about 7 years now and at first, I wasn’t sure about how to use social media so I posted the most random things I’d do like drinking tea or the flowers I’d come across (without including myself in the photos due to feeling insecure about my looks). On Snapchat, I’d feel confident enough to send photos of myself to my high school peers. Those peers would take screenshots of the photos I’d send them and would later send those screenshots to their friends who would then confront me and tell me to stop sending “their friends” pictures on Snapchat. The pictures weren’t even inappropriate, they were just selfies so I didn’t understand what was so wrong about sending them random selfies and after that experience, I kept to myself and would only send snaps to those I was close to at the time. I learned to keep my distance online and am now more cautious about sending messages due to being blocked in the past as soon as I’d reach out to some of my peers, worrying that others would easily block me as well.

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No, but I have been blocked by some of my peers from high school without even giving them a good reason to do that. I remember telling this girl who tried helping me with my social anxiety sophomore year of high school that I’ll always be there for her if she ever needs anything, she ended up blocking me afterwards. I reached out by asking a question about her Snapchat story post and didn’t even harass her or do anything that I recall worthy of being blocked for but that’s what ended up happening. Another time, I reached out to a guy from my high school on Snapchat to ask him a question about another girl that he happened to be close to so I could get in touch with her and he immediately blocked me without even reading the message I sent. My other peers haven’t blocked me online but when I request to follow them on Instagram, they usually leave me on requested. As you can tell, it’s clear that my peers didn’t think too fondly of me and the door for the start of a friendship was closed from the start.

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