Social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Orkut, hi5, etc has opened newer channels of communication and friendship in this age of digitalization. However, there’s one thing for sure – just as they have their ‘good’ sides, they are not altogether free from negative points.
Positive traits – have revolutionalized the online business.
Provided unlimited scope for people worldwide to make friends, display or share photos, find old acquaintances and share feelings and dialogues without coming face to face
Play games, join like-minded groups or forums and express opinions on about anything and everything
Negative traits – Social networking has its own drawbacks.
Offer easy access to hacking, fraud and freely publicize one’s photos and identity, if not taken adequate security measures
Often leads to false friendship that ends in crimes – physical and mental abuses
Can lead to monetary loss, making friends and asking for some financial help
These networking websites can be full of fun to play with, but be very cautious as to the amount of trouble it can cause you.
One of my friends happened to become a member of Orkut (she joined in July 2008). While she was very excited in adding friends and extending her friends list every other day (counting to almost 300+ till she removed it), she has deleted her account late last month. The reason for taking such a step: Well, she was totally exhausted by the kind of friend requests and scraps she used to get.
Her photos were not locked (it’s in private settings), and as such strangers would see her pictures and send her offensive scraps and requests to add them as friends. She got bored of deleting scraps and stuff, and finally decided to shift to something new and all the more exciting! (She got married to an NRI and at present living happily in US)
Hence, it is absolutely necessary to do justice to your self in these kinds of public web sites. It is OK, if a normal person checks your profile and goes away. But in case you come across some filthy-minded brat, then no sooner will she or he make your life feel like “hell”. You will be left with only one option - delete your account from the site.
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