Someones elses social media addiction can affect others becasue they may be on it all the time and not be communicating with people as much as they used to. Studies show that social media does bring people together as you can connect with people all over the world but at the same time, it also shows that people are spending less time with people and less time communicating face to face. Someone who is addicted to social media may limit their social life as well and can lose friends caused by not getting off social media. It is said that teens are becoming a lot more distant towards family members and family members are concerned with the fact that they aren't communicating with them as much.