A discussion on Social network site: Necessity or lifestyle

"Nowadays social network sites have developed and been created for different purposes. The main purposes are to find friends, to get acquainted, to find jobs or employees or to develop your business. The competition between social networks is really great today and only really quality and interesting social networks such as Facebook can attract users today. These websites use innovations such as new types of chats, video platforms, and media content to attract more users." Click here Social Networks: Influence on Our Life

Many social networking sites have become popular over the last few years and have become a necessity of life and useful business tools. For instance, “MySpace encourages smaller and medium-sized businesses to set up an online storefront as a way to advertise and promote business activities. By doing so, individuals can become "friends" or "fans" of the profile, and will be updated on current events, special promotions, and other essential information the business would like to share.” Since the creation of social networking sites, individuals are given opportunities to meet new friends in their own community and also from all over the world as long as the internet access is available. It makes the process of communication become easier and more convenient. 

Some studies propose that Facebook or Twitter could harm our social health as we are spending more time in front of our computer screens rather than meeting people physically.  For instance, if a person spends a lot of time to surf on social network sites and this has become a habit to the extent that the person stops to communicate with people in real life, the social network sites have become a disruption to the person’s life.

On the other hand, there are other people who  would argue that social networking sites are beneficial for society. With these sites, we can keep in touch with our college friends and others that we have not seen for a long time.

Facebook and Twitter and the other social networking sites are now becoming part and parcel of our daily life. There are many great benefits of social networking and the most important thing is, we have to learn how to manage our time so that we can fully utilize these sites in a moderate way.

Reference(s):

Amy Bax. Importance of Social Networking. Retrieved Feb 19, 2011 from http://www.gaebler.com/Importance-of-Social-Networking.htm

Social Networks: Influence on Our Life. Retrieved Feb 19, 2011 from http://www.articlesbase.com/networks-articles/social-networks-influence-on-our-life-3858057.html

James Hamaker. The Rise of Social Networking Sites and Their Effects on Our Lives. Retrieved Feb 19, 2011 from http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Rise-of-Social-Networking-Sites-and-Their-Effects-on-Our-Lives&id=2887717