The Advantages of Social Network

The Negative Effects of Social Networks on our youth.
There are many negative effects that social networks have ruined our youth. There is a large amount of our youth that have joined some form of social network. Most of our youths are using these sites as a form of communication. However, there are some that utilize these sites for the wrong reasons. Cyber bullying, online predators, relationship break ups, and social network addictions are some examples of what issues social networks can cause in people’s lives.
Cyber bullying is one of the main effects of social networks, occurring in the younger generation. This is when a person uses the internet to intentionally hurt another individual. The effects of cyber bullying are very emotionally and mentally harmful. Suicidal rates have increased in the younger community since the use of social networks has become so trendy. Young individuals are more comfortable communicating behind a computer or cell phone than face to face. Cyber bullying will continue to occur as long as computers and cell phones are in existence.
Also, the effect of online predators on network sites is affecting numerous amounts of people. Teens as well as adults are affected by this matter. A lot of people are revealing an excessive amount of personal information on these sites. This makes the predator’s mission even more simple to fulfill. These sites will even share a person’s current location. This information will make it easier for predators to seek out their victims. Many predators disguise their true identity in order to lure someone into meeting with them, which on numerous occasions has led to kidnapping, rape, or murder. To minimize the possibility of one of these situations taking place, individuals will need to be cautious of the personal information that they reveal on these sites and know who they are truly communicating with.
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging. Online community services are sometimes considered as a social network service, though in a broader sense, social network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.
The Good and Bad of Social Media

\It takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly sides of social media and how it has permeated (Spread or diffuse through) all our lives – enjoy…
The explosion of Social Media over recent years has thrown up all sorts of fascinating sociological paradigms. We have to thank Twitter for helping engineer the Arab Spring, Facebook for catching up with friends, and Youtube for making the secretive machinations of oppressive regimes all the more difficult to conceal. There are numerous examples of the good that Social Media has brought to our increasingly fragile world, and there will doubtless be more to come.
But among all the brilliance of Social Media, there are inevitably demons lurking within. Obviously nobody is trumpeting the rise of cyber-bullying, the open platforms for ranting extremists or the accessibility of a Daily Mail comments page. Actually, those last two are pretty much the same thing, but anyway…
Whatever the ying and yang of Social Media, something else seems to have pervaded our collective online consciousness – particularly for those of us who use social media regularly. Namely, we have all become narcissists (Someone in love with themselves). Even the most modest and placid among us seem to have a field day, telling all and sundry (Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds) about the minutiae (A small or minor detail) of their lives, when let loose on a Facebook status or a Tweet. This blog advertises my own guilt here; the fact that I’m typing away, voicing my opinions on this and that, assumes there are people out there who actually care what I think about such things.