Topic: Are Social Networking sites good for today’s society?
Argument: Social Networking sites are bad for society and are destroying our world.
Social networking sites are not good for today’s society particularly because social networking sites have very limited privacy, influence cyber bullying, and have an impact on a person’s future. Proving that social networking sites have led people to using less face-to-face communication, sites have become one of the world’s most dangerous hobbies without having to even physically interact. Social-networking sites prove more of a distraction than a useful tool. The inundation of friend requests and insignificant news feeds on sites like Facebook eat up valuable time that could be spent solidifying contacts in person. "The most effective networking is face to face," says Stanford business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer. "There's no substitute for real human contact. It's less personal online." Nothing has changed the internet more than the rise of social networking sites. Before social networking, the Internet was full of interesting information, but there was little opportunity to contribute a person’s ideas or participate in intellectual discussions.
Today, social networking sites make it easy for a person to fall into the trap of being publicly known, being forced into harmful situations, being unproductive, and socially isolated from the real world. There used to be a time when a person would just make phone calls, write letters, or even walk to someone’s house to talk. With the advanced technology in today’s society, all a kid has to do is send a quick message, tweet, or post to a social network and there it is. No need to verbally communicate. The more dependant people are on social media, the less real-world interaction will be a part of the world and that is not the type of world people should be so accustomed to.
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