Many people believe that social networking sites (such as Facebook) have had a huge negative impact on both individuals and society. To what extent do you agree?

In today’s busy life, staying in touch with family and friends has become very difficult.

Therefore

, the existence of social networking sites (

such

as Facebook) proves to be a bliss in today’s time.

However

, not everyone likes the idea and it is considered that

such

networking sites have had a significant negative influence on both people and society. In my opinion, social networking sites are important and useful, provided these are used wisely and responsibly. Two main factors are behind putting social networking sites into bad light.

First

is, it allows people to look into other individual’s personal life, like photos and videos.

In other words

, if someone has not set up appropriate restrictions on his or her account, it gives easy access to their account and

therefore

, anyone can look into the person’s online data.

This

may lead to several criminal or fraudulent activities

such

as, robbery,

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as robbery,

kidnapping, etc. The

second

factor, linked to the

first

, is the social pressure under which a person is forced to put his personal information (like, photos, whereabouts, etc.)

on

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On

the social media site.

This

means, in order to maintain his social symbol, an individual would try to show off how happy and content his life is by posting pictures,

for example

, photos of his foreign location, new gifts or presents’ pictures, etc.

Such

desires may sometime lead to frictions in relationships when an individual starts caring too much for the social status rather than actually focussing on true relations. The whole idea and concept of social networking sites is to connect people around the world, so that distance would not matter anymore.

However

, as our world is

mix

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a mix

of good and bad intent people, it is important to be careful and watchful. In conclusion,

although

social networking sites give us

chance

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a chance

the chance

to stay closer and connected to our family and friends, they can lead to a huge negative impact on both individuals and society if not used with proper settings or restrictions on the account.