Social Sites Becoming
A Response to “Social Sites Becoming too Much of a Good Thing”
In the article “Social Sites Becoming too Much of a Good Thing,” the author explains how social networking sites have become what they are now. Since 2002 social networking has become an addiction between all age groups. These sites are used to keep in touch with friends, to express oneself online, to make new friends, and in some cases to write about an animal.
Ellen Lee shows that social networking sites are booming with new users, on top of the millions of current users. She touches on an idea that as users gets older they would get tired of expressing themselves the same way, but as one user goes another is creating an account that keeps the cycle going. …show more content…
As the user base grew, conversations between users blew up and before you knew it homework was being avoided. Stephanie Chow said,” I was changing my layout instead of doing my homework (pg140).” The younger generation has this routine down of checking their social networking site rather than doing schoolwork. When I get to writing papers, or just doing homework the first thing I do is log into Facebook. It has become a distraction instead of a tool. Rather than being a site to connect with friends these sites have become a chat room on steroids so to speak, updating everyday events, posting photos, and interacting with bands, and …show more content…
I also agree with Ellen when she states,” as people want to connect through the Internet, the practice also can have the opposite effect: social networking fatigue (pg 138). These users are signing up for multiple social accounts; it becomes a pain to check them all. There are many sites now that are trying to take off and gain popularity, but they’re not all the same. Some sites are better than others, there is not a perfect substitute of social networking they all have their own unique characteristics. The competition is what makes these sites better and better, were only in the first generation of social networking and they already do so much I’m anticipating the second
In the article “Social Sites Becoming too Much of a Good Thing,” the author explains how social networking sites have become what they are now. Since 2002 social networking has become an addiction between all age groups. These sites are used to keep in touch with friends, to express oneself online, to make new friends, and in some cases to write about an animal.
Ellen Lee shows that social networking sites are booming with new users, on top of the millions of current users. She touches on an idea that as users gets older they would get tired of expressing themselves the same way, but as one user goes another is creating an account that keeps the cycle going. …show more content…
As the user base grew, conversations between users blew up and before you knew it homework was being avoided. Stephanie Chow said,” I was changing my layout instead of doing my homework (pg140).” The younger generation has this routine down of checking their social networking site rather than doing schoolwork. When I get to writing papers, or just doing homework the first thing I do is log into Facebook. It has become a distraction instead of a tool. Rather than being a site to connect with friends these sites have become a chat room on steroids so to speak, updating everyday events, posting photos, and interacting with bands, and …show more content…
I also agree with Ellen when she states,” as people want to connect through the Internet, the practice also can have the opposite effect: social networking fatigue (pg 138). These users are signing up for multiple social accounts; it becomes a pain to check them all. There are many sites now that are trying to take off and gain popularity, but they’re not all the same. Some sites are better than others, there is not a perfect substitute of social networking they all have their own unique characteristics. The competition is what makes these sites better and better, were only in the first generation of social networking and they already do so much I’m anticipating the second