Social Networking - Pros And Cons!

Communication is a crucial part of human life when it comes to interacting and progressing our society. Ever since the beginning of as much as we can remember, we’ve communicated in many forms such as body language, sign language, and written language. Nowadays, we’ve taken socializing to a whole new level. We’ve constructed a form of typed language with the given name, social networking. There are endless social media sites that make it obtainable to connect various amounts of people. No matter how grateful we are for the invention of social networking, everything has its pros and cons. 

Pros of Social Networking -

• Social networking makes keeping in touch with a vast circle of friends easier. Anyone can send personal emails and letters to individuals, or post a simple message for everyone to see at once. They can let everyone know where they are, what they’re doing and how they’re feeling, and it only takes a few seconds. 
• If you want to know what's going on in the world, all you need to do is jump on social media.
• Business owners and other types of professional organizations can connect with current customers, sell their products and expand their reach using social media. There are actually lots of entrepreneurs and businesses out there that thrive almost entirely on social networks and wouldn't even be able to operate without it.
• Social networking is just plain fun sometimes. A lot of people turn to it when they catch a break at work or just want to relax at home.

Cons of Social Networking -

• The most genuine complication of social networking is an addiction. People detach themselves from family and friends. It affects ones social, personal and academic life. It leads to a loss of quality of relationships.
• With so much sharing going on, issues over privacy have become a big concern. Whether it's a question of social sites owning your content after it's posted or even getting in trouble at work after tweeting something inappropriate — sharing too much with the public can open up all sorts of problems that sometimes can't ever be undone.
• It also leads to social peer pressure and cyberbullying. For people struggling to fit in with their peers — especially teens and young adults — the pressure to do certain things or act a certain way can be even worse on social media than it is at school or any other offline setting.
• Online interaction has become a substitute for offline interaction. Since people are now connected all the time and you can pull up a friend's social profile with a click of your mouse or a tap of your smartphone, it's a lot easier to use online interaction as a substitute for face-to-face interaction.
• Social Networking has led to an increase in the level of distraction and procrastination in people. People get distracted by all the social apps and news and messages they receive, leading to all sorts of problems like distracted driving or the lack of gaining someone's full attention during a conversation.