I know I have to do it. It's vital for well, just about any business these days. But it's terrible and I feel like I'm going to make a mistake and get yelled at for accidentally spamming everyone in China with an offer for a sex product that I didn't even type in.
But this is an interesting point to consider as a writer. The people who were born in the 2000s have never really experienced a time when social media wasn't a thing. There are adults living today who have never been out of immediate reach of Twitter, or the Internet, or Wiki to provide them with wisdom.
Well, a certain value of wisdom. But if we're writing, especially fiction set in the present, that has to be taken into account. Why isn't the kid calling the cops? Why aren't they googling "strange glowing screaming skull that is following us?" If they go missing, why isn't Dad using the "locate" function for their phones to find out where they are?
The answer can be as varied as the story. But remember--"it works until it is convenient for the story for it to not work and then it doesn't" can be used... once.
Maybe.
But your audience will notice if you use that everytime an Internet connection via our heroe's 5G connection would come in handy.
Now back to setting up social media. Now where is the rabbit I'm supposed to sacrifice...
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