Social Networking Debate
SOCIAL NETWORKING (against)
Social networking has taken the online world by storm, but there are several reasons why social networking is bad. Whether you use sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter for personal or business reasons, sometimes it is not best to use.
Social networking online is a relatively new way for people to communicate, sell products or services, spread news, and keep in touch with family and friends, all through a website that’s been set up for this purpose.
Doesn’t it sounds so good? Coz when you consider that social networking can be both fun and productive; it is difficult to imagine that there could be reason why social networking is bad. Believe it or not, there are some aspects of this type of communication that have drawbacks.
1. Privacy: one of the main reasons why social networking is bad is because of lack of privacy. Personal information is required to be submitted when signing up for these programs, and its proven that there have been horror stories reported by users regarding scams, identity theft or other invasion of their personal information. 2. Time waste: there’s no question that playing games on Facebook or sharing conversations on twitter can be lots of fun, but they can also eat into your production. This happens to all of us specially students, when you go online for research and do social networking at the same time. We forget that our research work is due tomorrow, instead we spend time chatting and catching up with friends and the latest news about people and their life. 3. Anonymity: if you ever used an internet chat room or forum, you know that some people use the anonymity of online communications to start arguments and generally agitate others. Here falls cyber bullying
3a. Cyber Bullying: is when people make fun of a person through an online social network. In recent years, a series of cyber bullying related suicides in the US and across the globe have drawn attention to the
Social networking has taken the online world by storm, but there are several reasons why social networking is bad. Whether you use sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter for personal or business reasons, sometimes it is not best to use.
Social networking online is a relatively new way for people to communicate, sell products or services, spread news, and keep in touch with family and friends, all through a website that’s been set up for this purpose.
Doesn’t it sounds so good? Coz when you consider that social networking can be both fun and productive; it is difficult to imagine that there could be reason why social networking is bad. Believe it or not, there are some aspects of this type of communication that have drawbacks.
1. Privacy: one of the main reasons why social networking is bad is because of lack of privacy. Personal information is required to be submitted when signing up for these programs, and its proven that there have been horror stories reported by users regarding scams, identity theft or other invasion of their personal information. 2. Time waste: there’s no question that playing games on Facebook or sharing conversations on twitter can be lots of fun, but they can also eat into your production. This happens to all of us specially students, when you go online for research and do social networking at the same time. We forget that our research work is due tomorrow, instead we spend time chatting and catching up with friends and the latest news about people and their life. 3. Anonymity: if you ever used an internet chat room or forum, you know that some people use the anonymity of online communications to start arguments and generally agitate others. Here falls cyber bullying
3a. Cyber Bullying: is when people make fun of a person through an online social network. In recent years, a series of cyber bullying related suicides in the US and across the globe have drawn attention to the