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

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Nowadays, social networking sites (
such
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as Facebook, Zalo,...)
is
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Is
thought to make a negative impact on both individuals and society. I disagree with
this
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statement because of these following reasons. The appearance of social networking sites marks an obvious advance on
developing
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the development
development
developers
developments
of the technology changing the
way
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the world works.
Firstly
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, it changes the
way
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human communicating with others. In the past, people had to write letters needing a long time to arrive and
this
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mode of communicating wasted time and money. Social networking sites
makes
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make
have made
people communicate easily with only one touch by using
smartphone
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smartphones
a smartphone
. Facebook, Zalo
allow
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allows
us contact with
anyone regardless
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anyone, regardless
of long distance.
Besides
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that, these sites help
human
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humanely
keep up to date with the newest technology, hottest news or
recent trend
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recent trends
the recent trend
. With only smartphone connected to the Internet, anyone can know
state
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the state
of COVID-19 in America or Europe,
know
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knows
when
Iphone
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iPhone
IPhone
12 presented, etc. The development of social networking
sites
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site
changes not only the
way
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people
communicate but
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communicate, but
also
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the
way
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people work. In recent years, more and more jobs have been created in
new technology period
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the new technology period
a new technology period
, especially with the
drustic
forceful and extreme and rigorous
drastic
development of
social network
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social networks
a social network
such
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as Youtubers, freelancer, etc. When becoming a
youtuber
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YouTube
or freelancer, people can work from home or wherever, whenever they want
instead
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of going to workplace
for
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to
work. In general, social networking sites give human many benefits, help human life become easier.
On the other hand
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, people can’t deny that social networking sites affect human life negatively. The development of
social network
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a social network
is accompanied by the negative compacts. Some people take
advantages
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advantage
of Facebook, Zalo, other sites to deceive others. Many crimes were done by help of social network. In conclusion,
although
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there are some negative impact social networking sites bring about, they give human and society many benefits. Whether good or not, it depends on the
way
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people using social networking sites.

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