The Importance Of Facebook On Friends And Family

Facebook has been innovating sharing ways to connect with our friends and family. A social site like Facebook has become popular worldwide because of its unique way of connecting to friends and family. Facebook main goal is striving its users to become more open and connected to each other. According to The Culture of Connectivity A Critical History Of Social Media “In May 2010, Mark Zuckerberg told Time reporter Dan Fletcher that Facebook’s mission was to build a web where ’the default is social” in order to “make the world more open and connected.” (Van Dijck 45). For example, Before Facebook was ever launched, my social life was inactive and I couldn’t connect with anyone at elementary and middle school. In addition, back in 2008, my cousin

Facebook has also helped me connect with my families in Europe and Australia. According to The Culture of Connectivity A critical history of social media “With a claimed 835 million users worldwide in March 2012, Facebook is the largest social network site in the United States and in Europe, with the highest penetration among internet users” (Van Dijck 45). My cousins in Europe often chat with me and ask about my studies and hobbies in life. In conclusion, Facebook has helped me to never miss my distant friends and family around the globe and always become connected while studying hard at school. Facebook has pros and cons for its users that can become beneficial for becoming social and also dangerous effects which has disadvantages towards your personal life. The social company Facebook is known for its Pros and advantages towards becoming connected to everyone, I want to point out the cons first about how an established social company like Facebook can make our lives sorrowful as

Facebook is a social media site that could prevent us from being active face to face. Our emotions become impacted by technology and we feel a sense of loneliness. According to Travis Riddle (Scientists Show Facebook Is A Downer) “In fact, the data from this paper suggest that the more we interact with Facebook, the worse we tend to feel”. For example, I’ve used Facebook 7 hours a day every day during the summer, and avoided physical activity which increased my weight, for which my hygiene was becoming very poor as well. In addition, my body wasn’t reacting actively and lowered my self-esteem in a way that made me become isolated. However, as I mentioned my friend’s cyberbullying problem, whenever I’m interacting with Nick virtually, it has a weak relationship and real world interaction can only fulfill it. Nick had a sense of loneliness which Facebook made him inactive to share his problems and the right advantage is to connect physically. In conclusion, we could limit the time consumption on Facebook and connect in a more lively