Reading the articles about social media trends was very interesting. In the coming year, I think that social media will continue to shorten our attention spans because Tiktok will continue to rise in popularity and short-form videos are being preferred by algorithms on social media platforms like Instagram. As for Meta, I am not the hugest fan. It sounds like the beginning to sci-fi dystopian movies like Ready Player One . I'm also not a huge fan of anything that further separates people from reality. Although I love social media, the internet and technology, I acknowledge that it has an effect on the real world. It hinders conversations and keeps us from looking up. Meta seems like something that would only further complicate things. Yes, you can go see a concert in the Metaverse with your favorite artist in front of you, but why not see it in real life? To me, it wouldn’t feel the same as seeing them at an actual concert. Seeing Ariana Grande in the Metaverse is the same as seei...