The internet and social networking sites actually appears to reduce loneliness and improve well-being, but instead it is a potential risk.
When we think of social networking, we first think of Facebook. In recent times people are incredibly involved in social network sites and the most famous among them is Facebook.Over a couple of years, Facebook have stormed ahead of MySpace, Orkut, Friendster and the likes.
Facebook was introduced as a socializing network, where you can keep in touch with a whole lot of friends online, unlike pay off huge phone bills; but on the contrary it has started to interfere with our daily functioning.
The Facebook "wall" is where it all happens. This is where you write comments on what you are up to or share photos and articles with your friends, but if you carefully observe people often misuse the usage of this social network site, therefore it compels me to think Facebook is completely overrated.
a) Facebook is full of narcissism, gloating and gossip
b) It has some serious privacy issues.
c) Individuals create false profiles in order to remain anonymous in their communications.
d) Individuals may post derogatory, hurtful, or threatening information about others.
e) Facebook profiles are overexposed to anyone who chances upon it. A person’s every activity on every group is made visible in the profile.
f) Another unpleasant by-product is that whenever we log on to Facebook, we are confronted with irrelevant information about our friends like playing silly online games or busy posting in forums.
g) People have made Facebook an agony aunt. They go to the extent to wash their dirty linen in public, making their personal life and open book, were you can leave suggestion.
h) If you have received a nasty comment on your picture or your post, it hurts the ego and you can’t wait to get back – with all your strength.
i) This is a tough cookie …………………Did you delete me from your friend list on Facebook? Even tougher than the interview question – Tell me something about yourself? Never try deleting your office mates or your boss from the list, if you did………God save you!
j)There was a recent article on Times of India "Facebook ‘logs out happiness from marriage’ - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/relationships/man woman/Facebook-logs-out-happiness-from-marriage/articleshow/5784007.cms
As of facts and figures there are more than 400 million active users on Facebook, wherein 50% of the active users log on to Facebook in any given day.
Hence capitalizes your profile on Facebook by making your social network stronger and wider, exchanging required and relevant information, keeping in touch with your family & friends amicably and to remember e-mail addresses with birthdates.
In my opinion Facebook is just hype, the craze will eventually die. As we all know nothing in life is indispensable hence don’t get addicted to it and make it a necessity, instead use it as a constructive networking tool.
- Love, N.
It will die in December 2012 when the world ends...
ReplyDeleteGreat article, Trully such social networking sites shouldn't become too much of a part of our personal life..such tht we use it as a source to gossip abt ppl and give it more relevance than reqd.
ReplyDeleteI would say its like smoking....Some people become a part of it coz they think its "cool"...and they start doing it....and then they get used to it....and a lot others think its "not cool" not to be a part of it...and then they do it outta social compulsion, and then even they get used to it.....
ReplyDeletePrivacy issues....i completely agree...but they must have got something right to have 400 million active users.....and also FB brings more traffic on the web than even Google today.....
I somehow don't completely agree on the gossip bit based on my personal experience....but yeah surely one must get the priorities right in life...
But a very very interesting article