ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS

Currently, in all developed countries people use social networks like “facebook” “tuenti” “twitter” etc. Because of this lot of people think that social networks could be dangerous because of the lack of privacy.

Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages to the massive use of these kind of networks.

One of the strongests arguments in favor is that these social networks have the power of connecting people all over the world.

Indeed, they permit us to be in touch with people so far away.

Besides, if you have one of the social networks mentioned before you can share yor life, your friends, your photos, your feelings, experiences, if you are in a relationship etc Nowadays, everyone has facebook you can find people who you have not seen for years, or a person that you have met in a disco and you just remeber his/her name.

There are lots of relationships that start when you add someone on facebook, you start talking, sharing photos, becoming friends.

However, like all things social networks also have arguments against. They are an invasion of pricacity because they make us put lot of personal information on it.

Another strong point against social networks is that they can create addicton.

Therefore people spend an average of 3 hours a day on facebook, chatting, looking for people, watching their photos, videos. The time you pass in front of the screen is time that you are wasting. In addition, social networks are a way that make people gossip about other people. Because of the facility of knowing so much information about athers, it is so much easier to gossip, speak about friends, new flirts, commenting photos, videos.

No matter what we may think, facebook gives us the possibility to know all about people. Despite the fact that it can be such a dangerous thing because all we know that there are people who use these social networks to hurt other people. Although I disagree with people who are completely addicted, if they do not spend 2 hours in facebook they become crazy. I would like to say that I have facebook and I love it but I am conscient that it has to increase the private. Nevertheless I do believe that in the future new social networks will appear making facebook less important than it is today.

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