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

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It is considered by some individuals that, social networking
sites
,
for example
,
Facebook
 have had a detrimental
effect
 on individual
people
 and local communities.
However
, I believe it has a beneficial
effect
 on a person but has several drawbacks for societies and local
people
.
To begin
 with, many social networking
sites
,
for instance
,
Facebook
, are considered positive in many ways for individuals. Those living in different countries are far away from their families, so it is a good platform to unite them with just one click and reduce the long-distance short. The feeling of homesickness is reduced by
this
 modern technology before
this
 invention, it was hard to ask their loved ones how life going. It took ages to get a letter and they reply those letters after months. But these days it normalizes life, so networking
sites
 like
Facebook
 and many other platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat are the fast-connecting networks in today's world that join
people
 from different parts of the world just in seconds.
In addition
, the
effect
 of
this
 is
opposite
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 for society and local communities because
people
 are more focused
to make
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on making
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 friends from around the world. They are more curious to adapt
their
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to their
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 cultures by direct connection with the
people
 living
their
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there
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. They are forgetting their own culture and languages and trying to copy them.
This
 happens because of the involvement of these social websites everyone has access to their news because of social media. The communities are breaking into fragments as they try to talk to one who is not close to them and one who is sitting beside them they are neglecting them.
Hence
 the rate of depression, and loneliness is increasing day by day and families are distanced as well.
Therefore
, it has a harmful
effect
 on society. In conclusion, social media like
Facebook
 has a positive
effect
 on the person individually but for society, it is alarming because many stress-related factors are originating just because of
this
. In my opinion ,
i
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I
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can not deny the positive side of these
sites
 but it has some drawbacks as well.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • erosion
  • face-to-face
  • interactions
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • misinformation
  • polarize
  • cyberbullying
  • online harassment
  • procrastination
  • productivity
  • social isolation
  • dissemination
  • breeding ground
  • vast amounts
  • personal information
  • mental health
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