Too much social media?

I read a blog earlier today about people believing there is too much social media and too much is being shared with it.  The author said that 4 billion things are posted on Facebook every day.  That seems like a big number but when you stop and think about how many people in the world have Facebook and even if everyone just posted one thing per day that would be quite a large number. That isn't even taking into account people that are on Facebook throughout the day posting more than one thing.  I might be a little bias seeing as how I am a 21 year old college student. But I have Facebook and Twitter and I check them multiple times a day.  My generation is one that has been raised with computers.  We feel comfortable with social media and texting.  My roommates and I just moved in to our house a week ago and we haven't gotten our internet set up yet.  Anytime that any of us set foot in to an academic building with wifi we practically jump for joy!  We like to feel connected whether that is checking on our friends back home or just seeing what our classmates are up to when we aren't with them.  We have grown accustomed to the feeling of connection and information and the thought of life without it can seem downright lonely. Call it what you will. Pathetic or unnecessary but never before has there been this much information available to us at the click of a button.  I don't see how too much information could ever be seen as a bad thing.  Be smart about what you post and use the information to your advantage. We could all use a little more information from time to time.


Here is the link to the blog ----->   http://soshable.com/are-we-sharing-too-much-on-social-media/