Negative Effect Of Facebook

As a student, I agree and aware of the dangers Facebook has to us. However, facebook may be harm than good not only to adults but also to teens and children. Currently, facebook has become a part of our life and culture.  Facebook is something most of us to check every day. Once people put themselves online as if for review, they are able to use the responses they get to see how other people see them. We provide a few hours just to click profile to profile, looking at pictures, comment to your friend activities and get latest gossip. Just because to find latest gossip from your friends surely the negative impact will see.

How addicted we have become to this social networking site. We wake up and check it like it is a newspaper and keep checking it throughout the day to see what gossip there is to pick up on. People have begun to post their every step, from waking up in the morning until the time they go to bed, including pictures of every meal they have. As every their thought is to put their thought about problems, joy or anything else they do in on facebook for their friends to see, they get used to behaving in front of crowd. This is problematic. People become used to thinking and doing everything in front of an audience. There may be more at play than just socializing. By doing this, they are wasting time then looking to do things more benefits.

            After posting their lives for their friends to see and to judge, people have come to use Facebook to put not only their relationships, but also their level of importance. We only put up the best pictures of ourselves, the most intellectual statuses and “about me” always sparkles not only with it, but also just a few of our favorite things. While not every user does this, some leave their profiles for a number of different reason. This may provide an opportunity to those who intent to make prank calls to victims. There is even an option to “check into” places you visit so everyone knows where you are. Facebook is available on your phone so you can log in while away from the computer, feeding your addiction even more. It can really take over your life in a short matter of time.

            I think the biggest, negative impact Facebook has on our lives is loss of privacy. For instance, if you do not set your profile to private, anybody has access to every piece of information you decide to share. One negative post can affect the way people receive you as a friend. Even if you do set your profile to private, there are still ways people manage to see things you are doing on here. An example would be if a friend of yours “likes” a photo or status you have, it will notify their friends of this, therefore the privacy setting is overthrown.


            Facebook is a wonderful place to keep in contact and share all your wonderful moments, but I also believe it is important to understand the negative impacts it can have on us. The traditional ways of communication are falling to the wayside, creating a culture of people who are almost afraid to interact with people. Your privacy and security are important, now more than ever, in this age of instant information. Most importantly, I think we need to remember to spend time with our family and friends outside of the internet and enjoy our time together.