People Under the Age of 15 Should Not be on Facebook

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There are things in the great world of Facebook that kids should not be exposed to at a young age, and it also can get quite annoying to older people who are using Facebook the way that it’s intended to be used. Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard undergraduate student, who was into creating websites. He started off with making a website that permitted students to see what classes their friends were in, so that they could see their friends in the class and want to join also. Later he wanted to transform his idea to an even greater website that would transform the world of social networking forever. He made a website that connected Harvard students to each other, in which he called Thefacebook. Thefacebook quickly spread through all colleges that Zuckerberg couldn’t even keep up the spread and had to have others help with adding all the different colleges that wanted to be a part of the social networking website. The sole purpose of Facebook was so that college kids would be able to connect with each other; some would say that it shouldn’t even be for high school teens. Except when I was in high school I found it very useful with connecting with my friends, especially since I went to school 45 minutes from my house. That’s where I draw the line though, there is absolutely no need for anyone that is under 15 years old, which is the age most kids start high school, should not be on Facebook.

A sexual predator going after their kids is every parent’s worst nightmare, and frightens the heck out of most of them. When parents hear about their kid signing up for a Facebook account, most of them immediately think about their kid’s safety, regarding who is able to see their profile. Facebook has come a far way wit...

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...nity; I find that the negatives, such as child predators, and bad exposure, completely outweigh the positives in this situation. In which I state that the proper age for making a Facebook account should be 15 years old or starting high school.

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