Many years ago it was the newest and biggest thing. It was designed to help connect my distant family and make them feel like they're not that far away. With a single click, we could access what they were doing. It made communication less important when one could look at photos and easily see what they did in their everyday lives. Although this seemed like a positive outcome for this new and exciting social media, the results it caused would be a great loss to my family. No longer needing to communicate interpersonally to receive information, my family experienced a decline in overall communication. No longer needing to visit or contact each other, we were greatly separated. Missing out on major life events and starting to harbor resentment and envy towards those we