First of all I would like to say that I personally didn't think anything was wrong with Facebook until I came to college, but since being here it made me question is this really a good way to stay connected with my f
riends back home. Based on the responses I got from my first post, it has come to my attention that Facebook seems to becoming a bad thing overall. I think that everyone can agree with me, on the fact that Facebook is a just a way to waste time. Most people, including myself, now just get on Facebook as a habit. It is a way to help people procrastinate from things they really need to get done. For example, writing a paper for their English class. I also now think that it helps promote laziness. Now people would rather stay on their computers all day than going outside and doing something with their lives. Not only is Facebook becoming a non-reliable source for communicaton, but it has also become a bad addiction.
riends back home. Based on the responses I got from my first post, it has come to my attention that Facebook seems to becoming a bad thing overall. I think that everyone can agree with me, on the fact that Facebook is a just a way to waste time. Most people, including myself, now just get on Facebook as a habit. It is a way to help people procrastinate from things they really need to get done. For example, writing a paper for their English class. I also now think that it helps promote laziness. Now people would rather stay on their computers all day than going outside and doing something with their lives. Not only is Facebook becoming a non-reliable source for communicaton, but it has also become a bad addiction.
This is very true, I always find myself procrastinating by getting distracted on facebook, rather than doing what I originally got on there for. A paper that should take me a hour to write, now takes me 3 hours to write. It's kind of annoying because I know I'm addicted, but is there a cure for facebook addicts?
ReplyDeleteI think if you use facebook wisely to connect with your friends back home and people around you, its good. But just being on facebook just to be online is a problem. Wasting time on facebook "liking" a million and one things or chatting with people whom you've never met but just seen around, is a target for disaster.
ReplyDeleteIf the "Social Network", otherwise known as Facebook is used how it is suppose to be, then it is a great thing for society. Teens have somewhat become addicted to Facebook and it has even taken over some teens lives. From the article At Risk Students, they said that an average teen with access to the internet is now spending up to 53 hours a week on Facebook. This is when Facebook becomes a problem, teens don't understand its "a way to stay connected," not a 24 hour chat room or staying up all night stalking peoples pages. If you look at it from the perspective of adults from the ages of 30 and older, Facebook is a great way to catch up with friends. In the article Adults effects of the social network, adults seem to use Facebook only about 21 hours a week, it is used to stay in touch with old college friends or high school buddies from 15 years ago, not some hot girl they met at the bar last night. Therefore, if people will stop abusing Facebook then it will never become a problem to society.
ReplyDeleteFacebook is not a reliable source what so ever, and is only used to draw attention to one’s self. I do admit that I was once addicted to facebook, but only because of the simple fact that I was young. Facebook for me was used to widen my social network, and try to get to know people who knew people. Although facebook is popular for the young, it serves no purpose for a college student in my eyes. A college student has all their resources in front of them, and being social orally is a must. As for young teenagers, it might help them to know that facebook is pointless to them as well. Our youth is the future of the economy, which could tell us a lot. We need a headstrong and hardworking economic system for our future, and we certainly can’t have that if the youth is sitting on their butts all day. Facebook is just an excuse for a big distraction, and we would be better off shutting facebook down as a whole.
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