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>>> NOWADAYS, IT'S HARD TO
FIND ANYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, BUT
THEY COULD B RUINING OUR
MARRIAGES AND SOCIAL LIFE.
TAMI PATZER IS HERE TO TELL
US ABOUT IT.
>> THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO
BILLION PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK,
AND EVERYBODY IS
COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR
FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILY,
AND A YALE STUDY SAYS THAT
FACEBOOK COULD BE CREATING
MORE HEARTACHE THAN
HAPPINESS.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
THAT WAY.
IF WE LISTENED TO OUR
MOTHERS, NEVER TALK ABOUT
RELIGIO
RELIGION, POLITICS, OR
PERSONAL PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC,
WE WOULDN'T HAVE HALF THE
PROBLEMS WE HAVE ON FACEBOOK
OR IN OUR REAL LIVES.
EVEN DIVORCE.
THERE IS A SURVEY, AND
DIVORCE ATTORNEYS SAID THAT
MORE THAN ALL OUR DIVORCE
CASES CITE FACEBOOK --
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> SO IT DOES, IT RUINS YOUR
MARRIAGE, YOUR RELATIONSHIP,
EVEN YOUR FAMILY.
I UNFRIENDED MY OWN SISTER
OVER POLITICS.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
THIS WAY IF YOU CAN TALK.
>> THAT'S AN EASY WAY TO FIX
THIS.
>> TALK.
THINK BEFORE YOU POST.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING
TO INCITE OR IGNITE ANGER?
AVOID THINGS THAT CREATE
PROBLEMS, LIKE MOM SAID: NO
POLITICS, NO RELIGION, AND,
OF COURSE, KEEP THE LAUNDRY
BEHIND THE SCENES.
SAFE THAT STUFF FOR
FACE-TO-FACE, PERSONAL
CONVERSATIONS.
"L" IS LIMIT.
LIMIT WHAT YOU POST.
THAT MEANS NO FAKE NEWS.
WE SEE SO MANY FAKE NEWS,
AND IT'S SO EASY TO FIGURE
OUT HOW NOT TO SHARE THAT.
"K" IS "KNOW."
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING
POSTED ON YOUR COMMENTS,
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL HIJACK
YOUR POST, AND YOU HAVE TO
DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO,
WHICH IS DELETE IT, AND IF
YOU CAN USE "TALK" YOU CAN
KEEP THE PEACE IN YOUR
SOCIAL LIFE, AND SAVE YOUR
REAL LIFE.
>> IF WE TAKE THE NORMS THAT
WE DO ON A FACE-TO-FACE
INTERACTION AND JUST MOVE IT
OVER TO SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT
CAN SAVE US A LOT OF
HEARTACHE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHEN
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING ON
FACEBOOK, PEOPLE LIVE THEIR
LIVES THERE.
FACEBOOK IS WHERE PEOPLE
ACTUALLY LIVE THEIR LIVES.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN
THE POST GOING OH, MY GOD,
THERE'S A FAMILY FEUD GOING
ON BECAUSE THEY'RE
NIT-PICKING BACK AND FORTH
WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS, AND ALSO THE FAKE
NEWS IS JUST CRAZY.
FOR EXAMPLE, DID YOU KNOW
THAT ELLEN DEGENERES,
HILLARY CLINTON, AND ADAM
SANDLER WERE DECLARED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA?
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THEY'RE
VERY, VERY MUCH ALIVE.
IT'S EVERY PERSON'S
RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY, HMMM,
I WOND FE
ER -- I WONDER IF
THAT'S TRUE OR FALSE.
PEOPLE LOVE DOGS.
CATS.
ICE CREAM!
FUN STUFF, ADVENTURES!
I'VE BEEN SHARING MY
ADVENTURES AS I TRAVEL.
PEOPLE LOVE IT.
SHARE THAT TYPE OF
INFORMATION, BECAUSE THAT'S
EXCITING AND NEW AND FRESH.
DON'T ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE
SUCKED INTO ALL OF THE
POLITICAL STUFF, OR
RELIGION, LIKE I SAID, I
UNFRIENDED MY VERY OWN
SISTER, AND TO THIS DAY
WE'RE STILL NOT SPEAKING,
AND SO THAT JUST SHOWS HOW
YOU CAN TAKE SOCIAL MEDIA
INTO THE REAL LIFE, AND I'M
SITTING HERE GOING OH, MY
GOD, I NEED TO TALK TO MY
SISTER FACE TO FACE AND GET
THIS CLEARED UP.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE
DOING, TALKING FACE TO FACE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND AS TIME GOES ON, LIKE
YOU SAID, WE'RE GOING TO