Now this means documenting everything that happens with pictures, updates, and locations. I always go to concerts and there is usually a crowd of people who want to enjoy the music. I recently went to see one and instead of watching the show, I watched it through a sea of screens. Everyone recorded it and posted it on Twitter or Facebook. They constantly took dark, blurry photos with their friends and updated that they were at a concert of each band. When I went to the Skate and Surf Festival, I was in the car with all my friends and we were going to the event. Suddenly, I started getting notifications on my phone telling me that the people I was with had tagged me in a post telling me they were with me and going to the event; five people had posted the same thing. People no longer go to events to enjoy the event, they go to say they went and to show all their friends their exciting lives. It has become so common to check notifications while out with friends and interrupt conversations to take a photo. Looking at these posts on Instagram or Facebook, a term called “FOMO” or “the fear of missing out” was coined. When others look at these photos they tend to think that group of friends is having so much fun while they are home alone. It creates anxiety in people, they feel like they're missing out on something exciting
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