Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare have become exponentially popular in the past decade. Many people are connected to one, especially Facebook and Twitter in my opinion. I personally only use Facebook.
On both my phone and my computer, I am always connected to Facebook, using it everyday to text and check updates. It is so easy to spend hours and hours on it. Some activities I do are reading, "liking" and commenting what friends post; writing messages publicly and privately; checking upcoming events; writing “happy birthday” on people's walls; adding new friends; posting a new status; uploading pictures and videos...it’s non stop. I think it is very difficult to leave Facebook, and I'm not even one of the crazy addicted ones. I spend a lot of time on this social network because of all its many ways to communicate and connect with others. I like almost everything about Facebook, especially the events to be informed about.
Twitter is also a great networking site because of its microblogging service about many different things. I hope to become more involved with it to follow friends, celebrities, experts, and breaking news, but mainly the news.
I think the cultural move toward social networking, constant access, and the loss of privacy sometimes brings about its positive and negative effects on the whole. There is definitely an entanglement between our personal lives and technology, but if we incorporate our lives into these social networking sites in a positive way, we can make a huge difference for others. For example, we can use Facebook to inform others of the news, important causes, fun events, and other things of value. As a result, social networking sites would just be an addition to our lives to communicate with others about good and bad things in our world.
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