The Pros and Cons of Social Media

Social Media is used all around the world today. There are many popular social media websites today, such as Facebook, which allows you to add people to your fiends list. It also allows you to message them, and add photos or videos and tag them in them. Social Media websites have many advantages, but it also has many disadvantages. Some of the Advantages of social media sites are that they allow you to message people from all over the world instantly. It also allows you to join groups of things you like; it also lets you upload videos or photos from the internet. You can find jobs using these social media sites. Social Media sites also help you interact with more people and becoming more social like  (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Kik, Path Vine and many more).

A social networking site can be a good way to connect with and "meet" people. Thanks to social networking sites, meeting someone in person has become a thing of the past. "Poking" has become the new handshake. Making friends and renewing old ones is easy. Also, social networking sites offer us the opportunity to create a positive view of ourselves. The profiles gives you a chance to create the image of yourself that you want people to see. It lets you express yourself through your own customized profile.

There are also many disadvantages that come with social media websites, such as cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying occurs all the time on these websites. Kids get bullied a lot, on their pictures status updates and everything else they do on these websites. Bullying can get so extreme that kids will end up committing suicide. Also, Students are getting in trouble with University administrators for posting inappropriate information or pictures on their social media profiles that are violations of school policy. Students are being turned down by employers for jobs, because of the information employers are finding out about students on their social networking accounts/profiles. Students might get kicked out of their school because of previous stuff they have posted. In my opinion, social Media websites can have both a negative and positive effect on our lives.

Pros:

·         Become Social

·         Share info w/ others

·         Fun

·         Meet new people

·         Games

Cons:

·         Privacy

·         Information

·         Fraud

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