Social Networking

Advantages

Much like emails, Social networking allows people to communicate through sending messages along with the ability to post pictures and web links on other people’s walls. These websites, again like emails, allow people to keep in contact with each other from long distances and cost absolutely nothing to join or use. Some of the social networking sites feature an instant messenger system allowing people to have a conversation in real time rather than sending full messages back and forth. Social networking sites are often not hard to get used to in terms of using them. When adding a person as a friend on Facebook the person you have added must confirm that they know you. Otherwise you cannot post anything on their wall.

Disadvantages

Although denying permission to be friends with someone you don’t know or want to communicate with is a huge advantage, the person still has the option to send you messages without consent; this is called spamming. people are easily addicted to Social networking sites and it can take up many hours of their lives leading to problems in their real social lives because there is no inscentive to meet with friends in person because they believe that talking to them online produces the same effects.

Threats

There is no guarantee that the person you’re talking to is who you think they are. If you are sure you are talking to a family member or very close friend, you could be very easily persuaded to freely give out personal details leading to serious complications. Cyber-Bullying is a huge problem with social networking sites and cannot be avoided easily.