Staying so closely connected has the means to knock us down emotionally. Social media sights have most recently been used as a way to compare lives. While looking through your Instagram or Facebook feeds and seeing other people having great experiences and advancing in life makes people emotionally distraught. Some may fall in a deep sadness seeing how many friends a particular person may have and comparing it to their number of friends. According to researcher and author Susan Greenfield, “If you are constantly connected, you are kind of a commodity that can be compared to others and found wanting” (Greenfield,124). What many don’t realize is how social media can decieve the blind eye. A person may look like they are happy and have it all online, and offline may be struggling emotionally and financially. There are many unkown factors that linger on social media to disrupt the connnections we have with others around us. Believeing you know someone based on their social media page and then seeing their true personalities in a face-to-face setting is confusing. This has the means to drive a wedge between people because it makes them appear to be “fake.” Another researcher and writer Danah Boyd suggests in her writing that many people tend to switch social contexts and act accordingly based on their online and offline environments. As a result this puts a strain on the connections we build with those around us. Keeping a friend who is one person online and a completely different person offline is emotionally straining, not knowing which side will show at times causes a barrier in the connections you form with them.