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

Today is an era of modernization. When it comes to social
media
, there are different viewpoints where
one
group is seen validating
this
trend and another, descends the same and considers it as fallacious to both individuals and civilization. In
this
essay, I will be opposing the latter group of
people
as I believe that it's not social
media
that is
harming
people
and society, it's their own habits that do so.
To begin
with, social
media
has a huge impact on almost everybody's life today. There's no
one
, who hasn'
t
used any of these
sites
. Even children
,
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are familiar with these
sites
like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram etc. Their popularity is getting outnumbered now. It is, actually, a great way to be in touch with our near and dear ones which is usually difficult in day-to-day routine. With the rapid growth in technology, everyone are having mobile phones and access to social
media
is easy.
Secondly
, there's a trend where
people
who don'
t
have an account on social
media
are considered outdated or old-fashioned and they feel cut off from their friends or family members.
Due to
the fact, no
one
wants to be behind, they start creating accounts on these
sites
,
also
because of fear of being called old fashioned if they don'
t
. Another advantage of using social
media
is awareness of surroundings. As there are a number of businesses now that run only on social
media
. If you are not on social
media
you cannot have knowledge of those businesses. These
sites
are not just limited to chatting or sharing photos, it's scope is far beyond just chatting and sharing photos.
For instance
, during COVID-19 complete shutdown, many businesses exclusively run on Whatsapp, where
people
ordered their products through these
sites
. Even Whatsapp Business is now launched to tackle the business needs of entrepreneurs.
Although
it has a number of advantages, there can be some drawbacks to using social
media
apps which some
people
considered having an adverse impact on
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as a whole. There can be some notorious
people
living in
this
world too, that spread fake and malicious content on these
sites
.
One
should be careful enough to find the accuracy of the content. Even I believe, governments should build some tribunals that act as a watchdog and refine
this
type of content on social
media
.
Overall
, I would say being on social
media
is today's requirement and you can'
t
deny
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  • consequences
  • detract
  • alienation
  • isolation
  • overwhelming
  • vulnerable
  • sustainability
  • inadvertently
  • pervasive
  • exacerbate
  • undermine
  • curated
  • misleading
  • manipulation
  • gullible
  • fragmentation
  • repercussions
  • exploitation
  • impersonal
  • unproductive
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