Discuss
- 1. In the modern days social networking site has become the popular sites used by most teenagers and as well as individuals. A social networking site such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster is used to share similar interest. Whereas social networking sites such as twitter and LinkedIn is used by business people to help advertise their business and helping other business people. To have a social networking site the users need to create a public profile within that website that have online. Basically these social sites are able to post personal information, photograph, videos, and comments. These social networking sites can be describe as community based website, where users can form a relationship with others people who have the same network or interest, having private chat rooms, online discussions forum and other opportunity they have online. The attractiveness of using social network will keep growing and the population of users will keep growing anonymously. Firstly, the advantage of having social networking and the disadvantage side of having a social networking sites then recommendation and conclusion will be including. The advantage of having a social networking site First of all, the best reason of having a profile on social networking site, it gives people the chance to stay connected no matter how far they are. This will also help people to keep themselves up to date with their friends or far families. Therefore, using a social network also help people to find their old friend. There are some people who used this network professionally even though they are fine with their career because they able to help people answer any question that relate to the same career that the person have. Social site such as MySpace and Facebook, it gives the opportunity to create an event and invite friends that they want or a group invite, so you don’t actually have to call each person. Therefore, for people who involved with music industry they also can promote their albums or music on site like Facebook or MySpace. Music bands having an upcoming concert can also be informed on the social site which keeps their fans informed and also people can interact with the artist they like. Cyber Bullying Cyber bullying is when a teen get harassed, threatened, humiliated or embarrassed by using the internet or any digital technologies. Recently social network has becoming the target. It is devastating for the victim; cyber
- 2. bullying can lead to suicide and depression. Social networking site is where they can say thing but not in person. Online bullies confident that and they can make contact with their victims anytime, anywhere, day or night, not just in the school. It is clear that social networking shows cyber bullying is just one of the negative impacts that social networking site has on society today. Interference at workplace Social networking sites can have a negative impact in the workplace. They create distraction, decrease productivity, cost companies money, can jeopardize a company’s reputation and legal liability and for those users who don’t have their profiles set to private can often result in unemployment. Social networking sites also able to harmful for potential employees looking for job, as face book and MySpace are incredible resources for companies as they offer helpful information about a candidate’s true colors. Several profiles often contain awkward and embarrassing information that job seekers would not want their future managers to know about themselves. Isolation and depression Communicating with people over the internet makes bad contact on our relationship and at the same time they also can strengthen out week depression we have. The connection with the people we don’t see also can make our depression strong and also bring social isolation. People who isolated they may have a fake healthy friendship by talking or meeting people online. Marriage and carrier life can be ruined by increasing the number of people using the internet. Child pornography Child pornography is the most uploaded and shared due to the popularity and the number of growing in social network. It is also the fastest growing criminal segment on the internet. People been uploading pictures and videos without noticing that the files they upload are inappropriate to post on social network. Microsoft Corporation comes out with a program that can detect and deleted the uploaded picture and video of child pornography. Theft People found too many ways to steal, hack or commit fraud online. Social network has been the main aim for stealing information through different personalities. While creating a profile in a social site it will ask you to fill in
- 3. information such as your full name, location, email account, friends and relationship. This will make the user unaware and share the information that will harm the user and make the thief to hack the users account easily.