Social networking has become very popular in the past few years and whether it\u2019s Twitter, Facebook, or even Instagram, people\u2019s social skills are becoming worse thanks to these social network sites\u00a0and texting. All these options to indirectly talk\u00a0make people\u00a0increasingly more socially awkward. Some people think “who needs social skills” when there is social networking and\u00a0this is not ok. More and more people are losing their sense of how to interact with people in person because they\u2019re so focused on the latest social networking sites. It seems like people nowadays have to try harder to live up to the person they\u2019ve created online rather than who they really are in person.<\/p>\n
As addicting as they are,\u00a0social networking sites are bringing down society. People\u2019s social skills are weakening. It\u2019s hard to hold a conversation with someone now that isn\u2019t texting someone, tweeting or updating their Facebook status.<\/p>\n
Sure, lots of people rely on their cell phones for lots of things, however, it\u2019s still rude when there is a conversation needing to be carried out and someone is so absorbed in what\u2019s going on in the social networking world that no attention is being paid to what\u2019s being said.<\/p>\n
There are also dangerous aspects of social networking sites. There is\u00a0no way to tell who\u2019s really who online. Students get bullied all the time online and there\u2019s nothing anyone can really do to stop it. Sure, presentations can be given in schools about why it\u2019s bad and why it should be stopped but there\u2019s really\u00a0nothing anyone can do because there will always be those people who decide to \u201clive above the law\u201d so to speak. People tend to think they can do whatever they want online because it doesn\u2019t affect anyone and they won\u2019t be punished for their bad choices. Social networking can also be dangerous for obvious reasons dealing with adults trying to contact young children.<\/p>\n
While there are downsides to social networking,\u00a0they can also be very helpful and used for helpful things. Facebook, for example, can help people reconnect with each other and can help with coordinating events and parties with the groups feature. But, let\u2019s be honest, they\u2019re so addicting.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s undecided whether or not social networking has become a good or bad thing but the public sure seems to love them.<\/p>\n
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