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

Social networking sites,

for instance

Facebook

, are thought by some to have had a detrimental

effect

on individual people as well as society and local communities. In my opinion, while I believe that

such

sites are mainly beneficial to the individual, I agree that they have had a damaging

effect

on local communities. With regards to individuals, the impact that online social media

has had

Suggestion

have had

on each individual person has clear advantages.

Firstly

, people from different countries are brought together through

such

sites as

Facebook

whereas before the development of technology and social networking sites, people rarely had the chance to meet or communicate with anyone outside of their immediate circle or community.

Secondly

,

Facebook

also

has social groups which offer individuals a chance to meet and participate in discussions with people who share common interests.

On the other hand

, the

effect

that

Facebook

and other social networking sites have had on societies and local communities can only be seen as negative. Rather than individual people taking part in their local community, they are

instead

choosing to take more interest in people online.

Consequently

, the people within local communities are no longer forming close or supportive relationships.

Furthermore

, society as a whole is becoming increasingly disjointed and fragmented as people spend more time online with people they have never met face to face and who they are unlikely to ever meet in the future. To conclude,

although

social networking sites have brought individuals closer together, they have not had the same

effect

on society or local communities. Local communities should do more to try and involve local people in local activities in order to promote the future of community life.