Negative Social Media

It has been forty three years since the first email was delivered; since then, our ways of communication have changed. We are now living in a society in which almost everybody is provided with a piece of communicating technology to keep in touch with each other. Social networking service, a platform for people who want to share interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections over the Internet, has deeply affected our life in many ways. The debate as to whether the influences are positive or negative has been a controversial issue since 72 percent of all internet users are now active on social media (22 Social Media Facts and Statistics You Should Know in 2014). So, how does social media affect our lives? Speaking for myself, I think social networking is slowly damaging our everyday life by crawling into our personal life, turning into a deadly weapon, and becoming a dangerous addiction and distraction.
Firstly, social networking sites encourage people to be more public about their personal lives and information; therefore, it can be difficult to control the privacy content that we have accidentally shared with other people. The opposite side of the argument states that it is a great way to share our memorable experiences with friends and family, plus stay updated with what happens around us. But, is it good to share with strangers beside our friends and family? We might think that the little pieces of our information, such as date of birth, name, hobbies, location, contact information, etc., are harmless to share with other people. Nevertheless, Elizabeth Koikai states that hackers are constantly coming up with new ways to gain access to many sites to achieve their dark goals (Koikai). Another example that points out w...

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...al networking is a great invention of human communicating, it is not a perfect system that fits everyone. I believe every coin has two sides, and social networking, unfortunately, has a great number of negative impacts to our life. It is damaging our society and replacing the ways we used to communicate with each other in a negative way. From making our personal lives and information vulnerable to privacy exposure, becoming an unseen weapon that can damage the youth to turning into an addiction and a distraction, I think we will live a healthier life without social media. In conclusion, with the negative influences that social media has brought to us, and so little benefit, is it worth to devote so much time and energy into it? In other words, we exist in the real world, as well as the cyber world. But the world, the real world is, and will always be, more important.