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?

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for
instance
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Facebook,
are
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thought by some
people
have
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had an
enormous
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detrimental effect
for
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on
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individual
people
as well as
society
and
local
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the local
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community
.
However
, while I believe that
such
sites greatly benefit
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a person
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person
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people
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for
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communicating and finding the same
interest
group with them, I agree that there
are
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damaging
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a damaging
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impact
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impacts
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to
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on
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the
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apply
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society
. Concerning
to
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individuals, the
impact
they had from social media utilization has clear advantages.
Firstly
,
people
from around the world
was
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brought together to meet
in
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on
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social media whereas
in
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undeveloped
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the undeveloped
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technological era,
people
are rarely
to
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bond
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wider relationship with
people
all over the world and only communicate with their closest circle or
community
.
Other
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upside is finding
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a group
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group
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groups
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of the same
interest
with
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the user. Facebook usually provide groups of
interest
where
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everyone can freely join
this
group. They would benefit a lot from
this
because it
offer
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individual to discuss and share
the
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common
interest
.
On the other hand
, the
impact
felt by
society
from
this
site can only be seen as negative. Adolescents incline to spend more time with
people
via
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online rather than taking a part in
local
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the local
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community
.
Consequently
, the
people
within
local
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community
are no longer forming supportive relationships.
Furthermore
,
society
as a whole is becoming more fragmented as
people
spend much more time accessing social media with
people
they never met
instead
of meeting
people
closer
with
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them. To conclude,
although
social networking sites benefit
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the individual
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individual
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individuals
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to reach their friends and relatives, they have not had the same
impact
to
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the wider
society
or local
community
. They need to struggle more to involve local
people
joining
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in joining
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local activities in order to promote the future of
community
life.
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  • erosion
  • face-to-face
  • interactions
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • misinformation
  • polarize
  • cyberbullying
  • online harassment
  • procrastination
  • productivity
  • social isolation
  • dissemination
  • breeding ground
  • vast amounts
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  • mental health
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