Social networks, which connect the private spheres of individuals, transform what is private to individuals into shareable content and leave it under the control of the media. The fact that private elements belonging to individuals can be shared and stored in social networks makes it possible to question the effectiveness of the memory created by individuals in social networks. Although the experience of remembering before digital media is provided by some instrumental elements such as photographs and diaries, the use of these elements is generally determined by individuals. In social networks, however, memories of the past are stored in an independent space under the control of users, and the experience of remembering is realized. Focusing on the formative status of the instrumentalizing effect of social networks on memory, this study evaluates how past-oriented experiences in online environments are shaped by users at the point of 'use' and 'reception' in parallel with the literature and field study. The study will try to explain how the status of memory in social networks is perceived at the point of use and reception within the theme of 'memory as user', which is formed as a result of the data obtained from a narrow sample in line with the grounded theory approach, one of the data collection methods used in qualitative research. In this direction, it has been observed that memory as a user reveals different conceptual ideas at the point of individuality in the fluidizing living conditions of today's modern societies.