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

These days, social media, especially

Facebook

has played a vital role in

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life of

people

across the world in order to

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with others and receiving

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daily information.

However

, it

also

has various disastrous effects on

people

and society including cyber crimes and waste of

time

. In my opinion, I absolutely agree that social network can be harmful to someones, who

use

it in an improper way and overuse it, which the drawbacks of it will be presented in the essay below.

First

of all, online social can lead to

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cyber crimes. Because anyone can create their profile on

Facebook

without

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official approval, they can create a trusted background, and a reliable profile as a doctor

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or a businessman to defraud others.

For example

, according to the report from BCC news, many Thai girls were hoaxed to transfer a large amount of money to the one, who claimed

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themselves

as a foreigner, want to have a Thai girlfriend to marry.

Therefore

, it is dangerous to have a relationship with

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online friend via

Facebook

without knowing each other before.

Secondly

, nowadays

people

spend too much

time

on social media including

Facebook

, Instagram, and Twitter. Based on

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statistical research from a prestigious journal, they spend approximately 8 hours on their social network per day, which

this

huge amount of

time

can be used for useful activities

such

as exercising, learning English, or doing

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housework.

For instance

, I set the rule to limit

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smartphone

use

, which I reduce the duration from 6 hours a day to 3 hours a day.

Instead

, I spend the remaining

time

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exercising 1 hour,

writting

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writing

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hour, and watching online learning

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hour. For

this

reason, the

use

of

Facebook

should be limited to improve the well-being of individuals. In conclusion,

although

the social application will facilitate how

people

communicate and update the information, Improper

use

can wreak havoc on society and citizens as it can contribute to cyber crimes and

time

waste so I strongly admit that the disadvantages of it outnumber the advantages.