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Social Networking Sites Pros and Cons

Social networking sites have both advantages and disadvantages. They enhance education and business opportunities by connecting learners and clients. However, they also enable cybercrimes like bullying, scams, and exploitation. Most concerning is that social media is addictive, lowering productivity and distracting students from studies, while increasing inactivity. Both benefits and risks must be acknowledged to safely utilize social networking.

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Social Networking Sites Pros and Cons

Social networking sites have both advantages and disadvantages. They enhance education and business opportunities by connecting learners and clients. However, they also enable cybercrimes like bullying, scams, and exploitation. Most concerning is that social media is addictive, lowering productivity and distracting students from studies, while increasing inactivity. Both benefits and risks must be acknowledged to safely utilize social networking.

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Essay on pros and cons of social networking sites

Everything has its advantages and its disadvantages. Social networking sites are no

exception. We live in a time when technology has reached such heights that no aspect of

life is complete without it .Social networking sites are that innovation of technology that

makes this huge world of our look small.

Beginning with the advantages of the various social networking sites such as Twitter,

Facebook, Instagram and various others; these give us a platform to express our thoughts

and share it with billions of people out there, know their views and interact with them. No

matter how many miles apart it makes us feel close to the ones sitting on the other end of

the screen. It makes distance look nothing but just a word. Apart from communication

between people it also gives us an opportunity to get various information about the

people or celebrities we admire .It makes us feel closer to the ones we adore. Often it

makes us come in contact with long lost friends' .Social networking sites also are seen as

a get away from the daily stressful monotonous life that many lead. A blessing for the

man who cannot get frequent holidays to meet his dear ones and whose day starts and

ends in front of the computer screen at his workplace. Many people cannot afford to

travel the world like others can ,but the pictures shared on social networking sites makes

them feel a lot less sad about that. Social networking sites have been the place to discuss

issues that are international, national, local and have time and again attracted attention of

concerned authorities which is a great advantage.


Moving on to the disadvantage part of the social networking site. First and foremost it

makes life so easy that it makes us lazy. Kids these days prefer "chatting" over playing

games. They are always glued to their phones and computers socializing .They forget that

there is a world beyond. Outdoor games become secondary for these tech savvy kids who

trying to cope up with this changing world lose their childhood to some gadgets .Social

networking sites as mentioned earlier gives us a platform to express our views ,but often

they take a nasty turn and becomes a controversy. Not only that one has to be extremely

careful about what he shares and with who he shares cause a few number of times we

come across cases or should i say crimes in news channel which have had their initiations

on social networking sites .It becomes very easy to access someone's personal

information and use it to the persons disadvantage. It is such case that makes us question

the safety of these social networking sites. Also these sites on a number of occasions are

used to instigate people on a certain issue as they provide a wide platform and a lot of

independence which also makes us question the amount of independence the sites provide

and whether there should be some kind of restrictions. Thought these days the social

networking sites are coming up with security settings, we on a personal basis should be

extremely careful.

So in short, a social networking site has innumerable pros and cons. What is needed is

awareness among people about the cons while enjoying the pros of it .And on the part of

the social networking sites, they should be more responsible about security issues and

protection of information of individual users.


Advantage and Disadvantages of Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites are everywhere now. In other words, they have
taken over almost every sphere of life. They come with both,
advantages as well as disadvantages. If we talk about the educational
field, these sites enhance education by having an influence on the
learners. They can explore various topics for their projects.

Furthermore, the business field benefits a lot from social networking


sites. The companies use social networking sites to connect better with
their potential clients and business partners. Moreover, people in search
of jobs use the sites to connect better with employers and firms. This
gives them a great opportunity to seek better jobs.

On the other hand, the disadvantages of social networking sites are also
very high. They give birth to cybercrimes like cyberbullying, sexual
exploitation, money scams and more. It is very harmful to kids as
people make them victims of pornography and more. It also gives easy
access to the pedophiles of children’s information.

Most importantly, social networking sites are very addictive. They drop
the productivity levels of people. Students waste their time using it and
get distracted easily from their studies. Moreover, it makes them
inactive and limits their physical activities.

On the other hand, the disadvantages of social networking sites are also
very high. They give birth to cybercrimes like cyberbullying, sexual
exploitation, money scams and more. It is very harmful to kids as
people make them victims of pornography and more. It also gives easy
access to the pedophiles of children’s information.

Most importantly, social networking sites are very addictive. They drop
the productivity levels of people. Students waste their time using it and
get distracted easily from their studies. Moreover, it makes them
inactive and limits their physical activities.

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