Some people believe that social media sites, such as Facebook or Twitter, have a negative impact on young people and their ability to form personal relationships.

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Nowadays society uses social
media
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a lot and it has changed
people
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’s behaviour. Some public believe that social
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sites,
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as Facebook or Twitter, have a negative impact on the young crowd and their ability to form personal relationships. In
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essay, I will talk about these two points of view and at the end I will give my opinion on them.
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of all,
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waste their
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surfing on social
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sites like Facebook or Twitter. If
people
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waste their
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looking at someone else profile, they would miss their own life.
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, teenagers spend around 4 to 6 hours on the computer looking at other
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’s Facebook profiles while their own lives pass by.
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,
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have lost the skill to interact in person. Young adults, who waste
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on the computer, do not do any activity outdoors with other
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.
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, when they are in front of other
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, they are shy and avoid any contact in person.
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, while social
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can be useful for some
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it
also
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can ruin
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's lives. In my opinion,
people
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should spend less
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on social
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and interact more face to face with other
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to have self-development
instead
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of looking at someone else life online.
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