The Disadvantages Of Social Media

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First, social media provides fake news which is not okay. People can get confused by it. Things can get more serious if the news is fake. Second, relationships are also destroyed from web. Relationships don't last long enough if it started on social media. Relationships can also be fake if they started on social media which shows another disadvantage of social media that we all use and believe in. Third, people can also pretend to be someone else. Imagine if that fake account is based on your friends and then imagine if you share your personal information with them just by keeping in mind that they are your friends and what if they leak you information with others. Some people believe that social media gives us information and new but as I …show more content…

In the meantime, we already know it is a significant source of concern among privacy advocates as well as parents who worry about their children's safety. But clearly, the disadvantages of social networking go much deeper than privacy and safety. These high school students described some of the serious drawbacks to relationships - the foundation of human development. Since the increase in use of social media, more and more fake words have been made up and used on a daily basis. These words are being used more and more in daily lives, and the true English language has been pushed aside for these made up words. Social Media makes bullying easier for those who are afraid to actually bully in person. It makes it easy to bully another person with the use of social media, because rather than having to look someone in the face, a bully can now intrude on other's lives by hiding behind their electronic device. Social Media puts forth an expectation of how things in the world should be. Women should be skinny, tall, have a thigh gap, and act proper; wearing dresses, nails painted, and hair done nicely. Men are expected to be tall, muscular and have a 6-pack. When in reality people are all different and beautiful in their own way and the expectations that social media puts on them is beyond awful. When out in public, people who spend the majority of their time on social media will analyze and judge any person they see walking down the sidewalk based on the expectations that social media puts out there. Social networks can change their terms and conditions, their functionality and even disappear overnight, leaving you struggling in the aftermath. New startups are launched every week, with some becoming a significant force in a very short space of time while others sink without

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