Facebook has become a world-wide nuisance, causing people to withdraw from society and avoid personal contact for the easy communication of the World Wide Web. It is an easy and easily accessible source used for contacting friends and even strangers who want to add you to their “friends” list.
People have a tendency to use Facebook to “one up” their friends. Whether it be through small untraceable insults such as “Compare Friends” or even your simple “Friends” list. Both of these items are used as a source to improve your image in the sight of others. If people think that you are unpopular, then they can just look at your page and see how you have 300 more friends than they do. It’s an easy way to brag about useless information.
Yet, you find that you cannot drag yourself away from it. Even if you aren’t near your computer, you still have to at least have it open, so when someone starts talking to you, you are always “available.” It consumes you from the inside and makes you so curious. You want to know if you have an update, you find yourself sitting by the computer just waiting for a little orange sign to appear signifying an update, or waiting for a chat window to pop up. It distracts you from homework and other necessities. Some people even revert to staying on all night long chatting with people and filling out quizzes. It seems that despite how many advantages there are; the disadvantages and the distractions that cause you to lose sleep and precious time, outweigh any good that you can find.
Some people find that, over time, you lose interest in Facebook. Once again, in our small school wide survey, facts showed that students who have had Facebook for a shorter time are more likely to spend time on Facebook using the applications and using the free games offered. Yet, like a child after eating all of their Halloween candy in one night, original appeal disintegrates when they get a stomach ache after. The survey also showed that, people who have had Facebook a long enough time and who don’t enjoy it or find it interesting anymore, still can’t get away from it. It becomes an addiction that they can’t get over.
When people read this, they think, well, “I’m not addicted” when very rarely is that true. They say that they aren’t, and yet they can’t manage to get away. As a user myself, I greatly appreciate the availability and convenience of Facebook, it has allowed me to keep in close contact with people, which is very good. But when people take it to extremes and refuse to confront people they talk to on Facebook, a problem occurs.
Facebook stalking is a rather ominous and ridiculous sounding term. But people of all ages do it. Some teachers in schools in the states have used Facebook to not only connect with their students, but also to watch them. They send vile photos and sometimes just look at pictures, and leave creepy comments. The World Wide Web has been turned into an easy way to watch people, and keep tabs.
Sites now with original good intentions, like Facebook originally being set up for college aged students and above only, have been contorted to form a source for bad communication, exploitation of young minds, and so much more.
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