Social networking is a really positive and negative thing. Things like bebo, facebook and twitter are worldwide communication sites. Its great to be able to keep in contact with someone on the other side of the world or even a mate down the country. But these sites can have a negative impact too as people become obsessed. Instead of ringing your friend or family member or just meeting up with them, we would rather sit for hours glued to a computer screen and become oblivious to whats going on around us.
Bebo was the first proper social network I got involved in and it was great . It was new, interesting and I was finally starting to use a computer and wasn't so computer illiterate anymore. Like the technology is amazing and being part of it is even more amazing but there was also a downfall. I sat for hours in front of it and became a bit of a zombie. But when facebook became the new and better social network I got a bit wiser but still was slightly obsessed.
I do think social networking is good for keeping in touch and learning more about technlogy and its for everyone too.But things like online bullying among teens and a woman who killed her baby who wouldn't stop crying when she was playing farmville is terrifying.
We need to learn to enjoy these social networks in moderation and not become physco obsessed people who have nothing better to do then sit infront of a screen all day living life online.. but instead go out and live it and not be so reliant on facebook or twitter to interact with people.
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