Impact of Social Networking Sites

Hi, I am Eshan Panwar.

I would say social networking works both ways for us and it's upon the Ultimate user of it how we want to use it.

If we see the impact which this creates is we can connect with people far from us, knowledge is easily accessible to us, real-time update of events happening around the globe, for some who use it wisely has made it a source for their income through their various skill sets. These are a few to be mentioned from a lot of many more.

Now if we examine the impact it creates negatively is that it leads to more screen time for users which leads to eyesight issues, cyberbullying and harassment has increased considerable, privacy becomes a major concern as we are so comfortable in sharing in everything on social media that we forget that privacy is also something to be maintained and on the internet nothing comes with safety or a 100% assured of being safe, again these are dew drawbacks mentioned from a lot of many more.

So in the end social media is something created by humans and it lies in their hands only how to use it, make it useful or possibly make it the most toxic place to live in.

There is always pros and cons in every scenario.

Pros:

Suppose there is a huge following for a random person on social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram etc. What does it mean It is because for their talent and their skills. Many people get to know themselves and their hidden talents by using social networking platforms. Earning Money and enjoying the things while exploring. The best thing here is illiterate people can easily access applications and gain knowledge for better performance. People get connected by apps and make beautiful bonds and old friends will catch up and chat in online platforms. Promotions happening on social networks.

Cons:

* People are not interested in spending offline.
* Cybercrimes mostly happen through social networking sites like they are approaching through Instagram etc. And people are easily trapped in cyber things.
* Addicted to mobile.
* Spending most of the time on mobile by scrolling shorts.
* Going forward there are no relations just for likes and comments.
* Such comments sometimes hurt a lot.
* Fraud connections.
* Children also spend a lot of time on Applications.

We are here to discuss the impact of social media. Like every topic, social media has also pros and cons. Let me start with the pros.

Social media nowadays are creating many opportunities for people. Take the case of students. To get a pocket money or passive income, students nowadays choose content creation and posting it on social media and monetising their content. Business people are using it to create a network. Some people are creating their own personal brand through social media.

So many people are doomscrolling and wasting their time on unnecessary apps. This is the largest con of social media.

On one side, people are using it to generate income and on the other side, some people are using the same thing for no purpose. If we are using it for a good purpose, i.e to gain knowledge, to build our brand, to create a network, to share information, to communicate, then social media is something one cannot replace because of the wide opportunities it is giving. I forgot to say, social media has become a powerful platform for people to voice their opinions and react to various issues happening in society.

Hello Everyone!

Yes, I agree with what you all have your views regarding social media.

Social media can be treated as a blessing or it can be seen as a curse for our lives. No doubt social media can be used in many positive ways like connecting to people and building good relations with people socially, learning new tools, technologies, and skills online with the help of various social media platforms.

But talking about the negative side of social media it gives a place to all the cyber criminals and unethical hackers to do frauds and scams. I would like to point out that one of the most commonly used fraud methods I have seen on Instagram is that scammers create fake accounts of people then they build connections with their near and dear ones through the account after that they ask for help from some money online and they assure that they will return it within a very short duration of time. As they receive the money scammers deactivate the account.

There are multiple other ways by which scams are done these days so it would be better if we all limit the use of social media to our important needs only.

Social networking sites have emerged as the most powerful networking medium among people these days. Nowadays people rely more on facebook, whatsapp, instagram more than face to face contact and interaction. But certainly there are some benefits which one can draw from these. It depends on how one uses these different apps. Some people use them for chatting, some use them for work purposes, some use them for posting photos and status updates and try to make themselves popular (fake popularity). But if seen from the other angle, it can be of immense help if we use it properly. Such as we can share some important documents, photos, keep contact through video calls when far away from family members. But the problem is that the young generation is getting trapped by these sites and are getting addicted. They are keeping on posting their photos all day long which are of no value. Instead if they use it for enhancing knowledge and educational purposes, then it will be of great help for them, for anyone. It is not about getting 1000 likes, it is about doing something which will add value to your life.

Hi everyone,

Every coin has two sides, the same way our users on social media define whether it is a boon or a curse. If we use social media correctly, then it's a great app for communicating with our friends but overdoes of everything is bad. Like earlier if anything used to happen we would probably not know it but in today's time, social media is so fast that it brings every important incident to our view. Many people use it for building their business, and promoting their products as it serves as a great medium to target the audience, but also sometimes people get so involved in social media that for them social media is their only life and they start maintaining distance from family and friends. Chatting with friends has nowadays taken place of long discussions which we used to have with our friends when we met them. Social media life is a fairy tale life, we sometimes feel whatever is happening on social media is the only truth and sometimes we get depressed that everyone else is living a good life and only I am the one who is suffering, but it also depends on the way we use it.

Hello everyone.

Talking about the impact of social networking sites depends upon how an individual makes the best use of it everything has its pros and cons there should be a limited age to which a person can join social networking sites.

For example: for Instagram, there is an age limit to join ie 13 years but it has to be strictly implemented and made it till age 18 is considered for the development of mind maturity by doing this we can reduce online harassment cases of minors, money theft or other many cyber scams. At the same time, not all things are dark here we can learn about anything and everything just by a click sitting in one place and becoming knowledgeable there was recent news on how economically underprivileged who couldn't afford to take coaching for competitive exams like IAS took the help of online free tutorials available on youtube and cracked it in Andhra Pradesh as all it needed was mobile data and a phone which is comparatively cheaper than coaching class fees so by coating these 2 examples we can say that its up to an individual how he/she makes use of it.

Hi everyone,

Today, we discuss the impact of social media.

Social media is a very big platform. If we talk about the positive and negative impact of social media, is totally depends on you. If you use in the right direction of social media then you feel social media has only a positive impact. And if you use it in a negative way that time, social media has only a negative impcat.

If we talk about the positive impact of social media. Through social media, with just one click, we can access information about the world. And also through social media, manage the relationship and old friends. As we already know in our family, if any person goes outside to do a job that time we can manage our information using social media. And do not feel alone. And this time, we can see through social media that many people earn money by making blogs and other social media tools.

Now, if we talk about the negative impact of social media is that many children are playing online games, that gives us to depression, anxiety and time loss. And after a long time, it is very difficult to get out of this.

Hello everyone.

In my point of view, social media has the greatest advantages when it compared to disadvantages if we use it in good ways.

By using social media nowadays everyone is getting a lot of information very quickly and it is easily reachable to everyone. Now social media is helpful for a lot of youngsters to show their passion to the world. By using this platform the talented guy can be recognized easily by the people. Getting the right job to the right person is nowadays very easy. Because everyone is able to communicate directly with the company manager or some authorized person by communicating with them, they can easily get an opportunity to get the job.

It also has some disadvantages. Many people are using social media in a wrongful way by sharing some privacy with others. It leads to creating a lot of problems and posting some unwanted content on social media which will lead children to think about that in mind.

Finally, I conclude that if we use social media platforms for good purposes definitely it will be very much helpful for career growth and development.

Hello everyone.

My name is Laxmipriya Moharana.

Thank you for giving me a chance to initiate the discussion. Today's topic is "Impact of social networking". In my opinion, everything has its pros and cons. So depends on how we use social networking. There are many merits of social media.

Business sector- whenever a business man wants to do business but the same kind of product is available in the market in plenty. At that time whenever that business would know his brand so. He will give the advertisement through social media.

Social media is used for marketing purposes. Due to more distance from our relatives. Through social networking, we can talk and share our thoughts to them.

Due to social networking, we can get grocery products without extra work.

But there are many cons. Through social networking, most of the thieves are collecting data of the person. And they make many crimes. And Most of the time, use the phone so such a way that students are wasting their time.

There is one way to avoid the unnecessary use of phones, so self-control yourself.

Thank you all.