Whenever someone slips in the hallway because of the water fountain leaks, most students try and make sure that person is not hurt. Junior Mikaela Lyles sees this seemingly small moment as an inspiration for one of her Vines.

“I’ll walk down the hall, or I’ll see something, or something that is just relatable to everyone,” Lyles said. “Like running out of toilet paper, or something like that.”

Lyles has filled people up with joy for a long time.

“Ever since I was young, all my friends thought I was funny,” Lyles said. “My friends showed me what Vine was, and then I got into it.”

While there are many categories on Vine, Lyles focuses her attention on just one.

“I just do comedy videos, I don’t do anything else,” Lyles said.

Unlike some duo groups popular on Vine, Lyles is a solo act.

“I don’t have any of my friends in my videos mostly because they live in Florida,” Lyles said. “Sometimes my brothers are in it, but that’s about it.”

Lyles is just one of many students on campus signing onto the bandwagon of Vine.

“Vine is funny and entertaining,” senior Bryanna Feamster said. “When you’re bored, you can watch six second videos and still be entertained for a while.”

While some like Lyles use Vine to express themselves, others use different social media sites, like Snapchat or Instagram.

“I use Snapchat to talk to other people,” Feamster said. “Through Snapchat, I can express how I’m feeling to others.”

According to expandedrambligs.com, with over 100 million people watching Vine videos a month, Vine is quickly growing and becoming nearly as popular as Instagram and Snapchat among teenagers.

“I like Vine depending on what category I watch, but I think most of Vine is funny and comedy. Most of the recent slang is typically created on Vine,” Feamster said.

Social media in general is becoming a way to communicate with others more than text messages or phone calls.

“I like it, it’s a good way to connect with others and see what new things are happening around you,” junior Sahaj Mann said.

But while some see social media as a way to communicate, and others see it as a distraction, senior Samanta Jimenez sees social media as somewhere in between.

“Yes, we can connect with people more globally, but it leads to a disconnect from the people around us and it can lead to a lack of interest in reality,” senior Samantha Jimenez said.

English teacher Vicki Hebert felt similarly.

“It has its purpose, and it has its abuses,” Hebert said. “Bullying on social media is a big problem now.”

Mann sees social media as not at fault for bullying online.

“Social media isn’t meant for such things,” Mann said. “Social media has even tried to prevent this from happening by adding block options to make sure users can’t contact you again or see things that relate to you.”

Mann finds fault with the people behind the profiles.

“It’s the people themselves who use social media as a weapon to harm others, usually emotionally,” Mann said.

For Lyles, social media has a more special role beyond her Vines.

“I’m not from Texas, I’m from Florida,” Lyles said. “It’s easier to keep in contact with them because through social media I can text them, see their photos on Instagram, see what they tweet on Twitter, and I just feel like people know stuff faster as compared to back in the day when you didn’t have cell phones, and you had to call and meet up at the mall and they would be at a different place. It’s just easier now. ”

Lyles has a message for anyone who is not interested in trying out social media or see social media as a burden.

“Live a little,” Lyles said. “Try it out, and you’ll love it like I do.”

With social media use growing at astounding rates, the triumphs and tribulations of all social media does not seem to be going away anytime soon.