Social Networking Sites & Society

One of the largest social networks out there right now is Facebook. It has swept the nation and is contining to grow at a rapid rate. Children use it, teenagers espcially use it, and even alot of older adults as well. My excuse to use facebook was that I could still keep in contact with people that I normally don't talk to on a daily basis. Old friends would add me as friend on it, or a stranger that I just met adds me on there and automatcially knows alot of my life based on my profile. This social network has changed alot of individuals in the world, and its now effecting society to the fullest. Our generation now is at the peak where technology does all the talking for us while we sit back and watch the show. Facebook has now made it easier for friends all over the world to still keep in contact with each other despite distance or having a mobile device. Many teenagers and college students ( which facebook was orginally intented for) use facebook everyday, and I say that not only for their benefit but for others as well. Promoting for companies have been and are still continuing to advertise for their business all over this phenonmeonal social networking site. Thats only how facebook has collected so much revenue over past couple of years, all thanks to advertiers. Since all of these young adults and kids are on social networking sites so often they get accustommed to only speaking to other people by typing on a keyboard rather than having a full conversation with them looking eye to eye like civilized human beings usually do when encountering each other for the first time. Many people think its great that you don't have to ever deal with confrontation, consequences, or awkardness. Thats why you see alot of internet smack talk happening daily, mainly because that person does not have the courage to say that certain thing to their face. In my opinon facebook is okay if regulated but their should be a limit on how much you are on social networking sites. I say this because I believe every person in this world should take advantage of the outdoors and see the sites that are so beautifully laid out for us as human beings on this earth. Using facebook excessivly could possible result in depression and make you a very lonely person if you are just satisfied with a random person on the internet that could be lying entire about their apperance, age, or even sex.