First I shall
ask you a simple question. Is social media impacting our lives by removing face
to face interactions? We have Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and a whole lot more
out there. Is this good? Well there are two sides to this argument. First we
have the side on how it can be beneficial. We also have another side on how it
is removing face to face interactions and real friends. Is it better to have
five hundred friends on Facebook, and only having met fifty of them in person?
Or is it better to just have a hundred friends in reality that you actually
meet up with and talk to?
I believe
that social networks are good for talking to friends or family that lives
overseas or far away. If these people you talk to on Twitter or Facebook live
right next door to you, why not just meet up. Have a real chat in person, and
talk about things that you might not say on a social network site.
Another
downfall in social networking sites is cyber-bullying. People like to post information
about other people that is either inaccurate or harmful. The people who usually
do this are the people that are not brave enough to say these things to that
person face to face. Nowadays cyber-bullying is starting to become a problem in
a lot of schools and places around the world. Somebody might say something
about another person on Myspace, but that person might live sever thousand
miles away from them.
So, next time
you might join a social network website, think about is you actually need this accessory
and who it might impact in your life.
