Negative Impacts of Social Networking Sites



Negative Impacts of Social Networking Sites

Introduction

Social networking is to interact with people having similar interests through websites.

Thesis Statement

Instead of making more social, these sites are making people confined in their own shells.

Discussion

Spending hours on these networks lowers mental and physical growth.

The information that is shared on these networks can easily be accessed by anyone.

A large number of users display fake profiles and identities to fool and harass others.

Several people become victims of online bulling every day.

Prolong use of social networks cause mental health disorders particularly in children.

Face-to-face socializing is diminishing because of increased online interactions.

Even at work, people socialize on these networks which lower productivity of workers.

These social networks don't even posses virus scanning mechanisms.

These networks generate money on the basis of data collected from peoples' profiles.

Conclusion

Whether to use these sites or not is an individual choice but one has to use it sensibly.

Introduction

From the day social networking websites were introduced to the world, they have attracted millions of users, to whom these sites are now essential part of their lives. Social networking is a practice of interacting with people with similar interests through websites and other internet services. With Facebook, Twitter and hundreds of other social networks, the world has now become a huge family connected through internet. These networks are everywhere around us, influencing our lives and daily matters and so majority of people spend most of their time online. The use of social networking sites such as LinkedIn, MySpace, Google Plus are extremely popular worldwide .Yet, how lonely we are today were never before.

Thesis Statement

A number of people consider social networks as the right place to make new friends and explore the world, but these sites are actually making people confined in ...