Social Disaster

The role of social networking has become very significant in society. Millions of people log into their Facebook and Twitter accounts daily. Even though it’s popularity is soaring, the increased role of social networking is not necessarily a positive quality. Many negative effects have been known to occur while using social networking websites. The effects range from small issues to much greater consequences. Although positive uses for social networking are present the negative aspects that occur simply cannot be ignored.

As social networking increases in popularity, more and more people join these websites. Ian Daly states, “Sure, it’s difficult to resist the allure of a site that everyone with Internet access seems to have embraced with open arms” (Daly 481). People, especially teenagers, quickly go to social networking websites because it is the cool thing to do. Teens often run to these websites to fulfill their desperate need to fit in, because no one wants to be labeled a loser. Many teens feel the need to amass hundreds of friends and follows on Facebook and Twitter to assert their popularity. From the most popular kids in school to the least popular, most teenagers engage in social media to connect with each other outside of school. Adolescents who are connected to social networking websites often ridicule those who are not. For example, teenagers who are not on Facebook or Twitter are commonly treated as social outcasts. Social networking has also made gossiping about the teens who are not connected easier. Thus, encouraging teenagers to conform to the normalcy of social networking, or suffer the consequences.

Even teenagers who are connected to social networking websites are not safe from the harsh behavior of cr...

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...d relationships. Millions of people are connected through social networking. Inevitably some of these people have malicious and harmful intent. Hackers start spreading these viruses by taking over someone's social networking page and sending links to everyone of the victims friends. The links often include grotesque images of dead animals and poragraphic content. Whenever someone clicks one of the links sent will activate the virus and essentially give access of his or her account to the hacker. The hacker then repeats the steps taken to receive access of the page he or she is intruding upon. Thus, creating a cycle of viruses that may affect the computer or device used to open the link. These security issues have impactful outcomes and have yet to be completely corrected.

The negative consequences that social networking correlate to cannot be looked past any longer.