What do you think about modern people who are swayed by SNS?

I want to live a happy life.
I read your question.

Approval wanted.
That's it, isn't it?

It's not limited to the present day when SNS has developed
People are probably bothered by this guy regardless of the era.
I want to be loved, I want to be understood, and I want to be acknowledged.
These are all requests for approval, right?
Everyone has it.

but with the birth of the internet
Anytime, anywhere, with anyone
It became possible to connect
The desire for approval is getting bigger and bigger, and it's probably metabolic syndrome.

Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone
It's probably the same as lifestyle diseases and obesity becoming a problem with the age where hamburgers and gyudon can be eaten.

If you keep eating hamburgers and gyudon the way you want, you'll just keep getting fat.

You have to save, right?

I don't use social media other than LINE.
Because “I like it!” This is because I can see myself wanting it.

It probably depends on the degree of dependence on SNS,
I think I'll take the plunge and stop the SNS I've been doing until now
People who only touch smartphones
Like trying to put it back on the phone
Each individual is aware of their metabolic syndrome desires, wants to improve them, and probably has no choice but to keep a distance.

Like hasunoha, the internet works great too.

An individual who deals with the internet
Like thinking about lifestyle
You probably have to think about internet habits as well.

I read it.
You're right.
Right now, we are living being swept away by a torrent in a flood of information. Everything from big news to personal information is being streamed everywhere and at any time. It really is a state of insomnia.
I don't need any information other than what is originally so important. However, according to people's interests and concerns, they change hands and change products according to their desires, and they are dripping away.
I like it from audience ratings to cabinet approval ratings! Until now, receiving instructions from people has become justice in everything.
This situation is likely to escalate more and more.
It's the same as always being monitored by GPS by the device you carry with you all the time. What's more, I'm uploading my own situation, so I think it's convenient from the management side.
Therefore, it can be said that they successfully take advantage of people's desire for approval to create a situation that is easy to manage.
Maybe you can't go against the self that just keeps getting uploaded even if you know it.
Not everything is bad, but on the contrary, I think it's important to look back at what you really need and relationships from time to time.
It doesn't mean you can't live without an SNS, and you can live without a TV, radio, or computer.
What's more, you can live without a cell phone or smartphone.

I'm being swayed around here and there, but please take a slow look at your surroundings again and think about what is necessary and what you don't need for your future lifestyle.

“I feel pleasure in getting approval for 'likes' from others,
Immerse yourself in a sense of superiority compared to your surroundings,
I lose my confidence and feel depressed.”

I think it's a matter of value of existence.
If you can recognize the value of existence yourself,
I don't think approval from others is necessary.
Being swayed by SNS means
I don't know where to look for my worth,
I think it means they're walking wandering around.

If you express it with the word value,
The value I have
Realizing that it's within you from the beginning
I think that is the Buddha's teaching.

Fashionable and delicious sweets have been uploaded. This means that sweets are liked, and let's perceive that I don't like them.
I went on a trip and uploaded a selfie. This is because the spot is liked, and let's perceive that I don't like it.
I uploaded it with acrobatic actions and interesting poses. It's because the actions and poses are being liked, and let's perceive that the person I am is not liked.
I uploaded philosophies that people are satisfied with and information that can be used today. It's just that the reader's interpretation resonates with; let's know that I don't like it.

If you answered on hasunoha, I would be very grateful, but this does not mean that I have received a good response. It's just that the teachings of the Buddha and my grandfather, who I acted as an agent, are being liked.

This kind of mindset is essential. It is an application of Buddhist introspection.

Roughly speaking, introspection is like this.
I can't control my eyes. My eyelids are closed, but I can't just look at the beautiful older sister in the seat across from the train and not look at the old lady next to her. The eye is an eye and works independently regardless of my will. So I perceive that the eye is the eye, not me.
I can't control my ears. A long time ago, Senpai Osho was amazing, and to the rhythm of Ibiki, he said, “Nantoka! ... Nantoka! ... Nantoka!” I had a dream where I was scolded endlessly, but I can't help but listen to it just because I don't like being silly. The ear is an ear and works independently regardless of my will. So I perceive that the ear is not me, but the ear.
The sense of touch on the nose, tongue, and skin is the same, as is the consciousness that receives and recognizes them with the brain.

Then, there is no such thing as “I” in my eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, or mind. Yes, originally, I have nothing to be attached to or to be liked.

It has nothing to do with the internet or the real world. All suffering starts from this delusion of “me.” That is the Buddha's teaching.
Now, what and who are you going to associate with through SNS? If a way of life that makes use of others in such relationships becomes a habit, the cause of trouble will disappear.