Conclusion:
After having discussed the implications of social media on self-esteem and reviewing the topics of building a healthy online presence, recognizing unrealistic standards, positive self-expression online, managing social media anxiety, and promoting authenticity on social media, we can see how these all tie into social media’s impact on self-esteem. Unrealistic standards can cause us to use comparison against ourselves to others, positive self-expression creates your online image, social media anxiety can be created when these extremes from getting a lot of likes or followers to not as many and can be worsened for those already with pre-existing anxiety. A lot of the time people feel the need to follow a mold on social media to get a certain amount of likes or followers especially in the age of social media, which can negatively impact self-esteem in regard to the pressure. These factors and many others impact the way that people use social media.
