A social network site is a web based service that allows users to create profiles, see the list of available users, as well as to invite or accept a friend to join the site. The definition or meaning from the word itself already shows us a quite large representation about the social network itself.
Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr are just a few examples of a social networking site. Being and staying online on twitter, facebook, and tumblr are very normal or ordinary for us teenagers to do. We socialize, have a little chat, or maybe just to kill time to reduce your boredom.
Being on a social networking is very addictive. Even when i type all of these words, i still can't control my need to check what's happening on my tumblr.
That thing above is one of the main reasons i'm writing this essay. "Is Facebook or any other social networks taking away the fun from playing in the real life?"
As an early teenager on my adolescent life, i would gladly disagree. Why? Because yes, maybe we don't have that much time our parents or ancestors used to have years ago but now, things have changed and they're the exact different.-- Well not really-- slightly.
Well- yes we do spend hours here on facebook or twitter, but without the help of these social networking we won't be able to talk to our friends as easy as we do now. Let's say parents, they could search and add their old high school friends on facebook, right? And twitter, it helps you to know the latest update about "what's happening at the moment". Right?
With the existence of the social network site, we could meet people all over the world without meeting them in person- which means that took us a cheaper cost than calling them via homephones/phones, and or we could get to know different people from anywhere in the world. In a more simpler way, it leads us to a better 'change'. And not to mention how quick the internet is.
A lot of adults here in my country banned their kids to sign up on twitter or facebook. I'm going to be honest here, i'm one of them kids. I used to have accounts on twitter and facebook, but my parents said that it's not that good for me and i should play outside more often, despite the fact that i need a social life too. So therefore, i deactivated my accounts and well things don't really change either.
Although the use of the social network is often misused by villains or bad people, still- i think a social networking site is good for us teenagers but depends on how you react and whether you use them for good or bad.
I may not be the smartest of all about these things, but i can say that i'm pretty sure about what i'm writing. But, again, i think it's really a matter of perspective or depends on how you see them.
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