If Princesses Had Twitter...

Imagine if any of the Disney Princesses has a Twitter.

@Cinderella: I lost my slipper! #crap #help
@CrazyHairGirl: I want to see the lights #whenwillmylifebegin
@Merida: Guess who just turned her mom into a bear...

Today, us humans are glued to our phones, or our computers, or our tablets. We want to stay connected in any way possible. How do we stay connected? Social Media. The numbers are scary.

92% of all social media users use Facebook. 52% of all users are active Facebook users. There are 955 million monthly active users. Because of all of the users, If Facebook was a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world.
Twitter was created in 2006, as a way for people to "Follow" you and see exactly what you're doing. In 2007 there was a total of 5,000 tweets sent. 2011 had over 200,000,000. There are over 140 million active Twitter users. About 36% of these users tweet at least once a day. On average, there are 750 tweets sent each second. That means by the time it takes you to read this, there will be at least 135,000 tweets sent.

But why is our current generation so obsessed with social media?

The first social media site was created in the 1960s. Pandora Radio was created in 2000, and is still used to this day. There are so many social media sites that go unrecognized. When was the last time you've heard someone say "I saw that on Reddit"? Probably never. But why? We want something that can keep us connected to other people. We want something that will allow us to find out more about a person. We want to know what's happening in their lives, and we want to know it as soon as we can.

But why is our generation so obsessed with social media?
the answer is simple. It's because we've grown up with social media. The very first social media site that we used was Myspace, which was created in 2002. In 2002, our generation wasn't even ten years old. When we were in middle school, Myspace was the thing to have. Once Facebook came into the picture, it was goodbye MySpace. As Twitter and Instagram became a thing, Facebook was soon knocked down a few levels, but it wasn't completely an outcast. The older generation didn't grow up with such reliable social media as we did. Our parents and Grandparents can live without Social Media, while we cannot. So why are we obsessed? We grew up with it. Times are changing, and they will continue to change forever.

So what if Disney Princesses had Twitter? What if Any Disney Film included Social media?
Maybe Prince Charming would see Cinderella tweet about her missing slipper, and would find her right away, leaving out part of the story we know and love.
Rapunzel spends her free time during the day sweeping, cleaning, reading, painting, and exercising. How does our generation spend it? on Social Media sites.
What if Andy from Toy Story used Social Media instead of playing with Woody, Buzz and the rest of the Toy Story gang? Simply put, there wouldn't even be a Toy Story to tell.

What would our lives be without Social Media?