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?

As the world is developing rapidly and using social
media
has become a part of everyone's' life,some
people
claim that using the internet is causing a negative impact on individual and community .In my opinion,I strongly agree with
this
notion,and
this
essay will give a few points to support my belief.
Firstly
,using websites
such
as Facebook ,Instagram leading many juveniles to develop unrealistic relations where
people
make friendships without meeting each other and spend their valuable time on chatting with them .
As a result
,they are not concentrating on their studies which affect their scores enormously which
finally
causing young
people
to feel depressed .
For instance
,my niece scores were very high during his primary studies whereas his secondary class,his cores drastically declined due to excessive usage of social
media
.
Moreover
,
this
networking can bring devastating effect on the community as
people
appears to be less interested in participation social activities or having bonding tours as they are finding pleasure in staying at home and spending time on social
media
.
For example
, the sporting complex in Singapore used to be always busy during my childhood .
However
these days there is only
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imited number of
people
especially those who are involved in national games only utilizing
this
sports complex for their practices .
Therefore
,
this
sporting complex has lost their income which is ultimately affecting society. To conclude,
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we can accept that social
media
is beneficiary for inhabitants in various ways ,demerits overweigh these merits.As discussed above,I completely agree that using social
media
has an unhealthy effect on each individual and society.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • erosion
  • face-to-face
  • interactions
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • misinformation
  • polarize
  • cyberbullying
  • online harassment
  • procrastination
  • productivity
  • social isolation
  • dissemination
  • breeding ground
  • vast amounts
  • personal information
  • mental health
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