Shopping is now one of the most popular forms of leisure activity in many countries for young adults. What do you think is the reason for this? Is this a positive or negative development?

Today, online shopping is the most popular
way
to refresh the minds of young people aged 18 to 26 in many ASEAN countries.
This
essay claims that engaging
way
in online selling is essential to make young adults shop from e-commerce, and I think it leads to a negative development since
this
technological development can make younger people spend a lot of money rather than just buying their necessities. In Indonesia, we have several online platforms that offer a simple
way
to purchase young adults’ wishlists,
for example
, Shopee and
Tiktok
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. They provide an attractive shop window of products and sometimes do live shopping to suggest the product description and young adult consumers can ask some questions related.
For example
, TikTok Live can show the display of the real products in use that the users can enjoy for a long duration. That appeal will influence younger people to gain more interest in the products and check out straight
afterward
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from their account.
According to
many e-commerce platforms that Indonesia has, it is undeniable that can have bad consequences for
the
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young adult to increase their spending habit. Attractive online selling can persuade users to impulse buy trivial things that they don’t really need, supported by massive promotions during live sales. That situation can make customers shop until
drop
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and it can be bad for their financials.
For example
, shopee live selling offers promotions and discounts during the live sessions, attracting customers to buy stuff at the moment as
live
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happens. It can be a bad habit that can affect many serious aspects later in the younger generation’s future. In conclusion, the rising
way
of online shopping happens through massive live selling at e-commerce and the worsening development of these popular ways is it can lead
younger
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generation to spend a lot of money than it should be.
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Introduction
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Development of Ideas
Develop your ideas more fully by expanding on how the reasons you mention (such as live selling) lead to shopping becoming a leisure activity. Explain why these factors are specifically appealing to young adults.
Coherence
Provide clearer topic sentences for each paragraph to guide the reader through your argument.
Cohesion
Use linking words and phrases (consequently, therefore, hence) to connect your points more clearly and show their relationship to each other.
Conclusion
In your conclusion, summarize your main points more effectively by restating the reasons for the trend and its implications. Make sure it clearly reflects the points you made in the body paragraphs.
Supporting Examples
While you provide specific examples, such as the mention of Shopee and TikTok lives, ensure that examples are directly related to supporting your argument about the reasons for the trend and its positive or negative nature.

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