Tuesday 14 September 2010

Social Networking Continued 14th



Advantages And Disadvanatges Of Social Networking
There are many benefits and good points about social networking. Accounts are quick and easy to create  making communicating even easier. Social networking also has low costs from both personal and business point of views as we are not spending all the money on paper and ink etc. Obviously social networking sites helps build your connections you can talk to anyone in the world at anytime. Social Networks can build relationships and many people find romance over websites like facebook, you can also talk to old friends who you may have lost contact with. From this aspect social networking sites are a brilliant thing to be part of. Another advantage is the easy sharing of files and pictures, this means that there is less hassle for you. You can also use soical networking sites to advertise many different things like events and blogs. Also if you join fan pages you are regularly updated with the latest news keeping you up to date.
There are also many cons surrounding social networking. Many people put alot of information about themselves onto social networking sites these sites make it easier for people such as identity thieves and stalkers which can obviously arise a range of problems. Security is probably the biggest concern about social networking sites. There have been many incidents when people have created an account just to bully or harass other people. Also many people are not the people they make out to be on facebook there have been many cases where paedophiles or murders have used social networkin sites to stalk their victims.

News Stories Surrounding Social Networking Sites

60 year old male Clive Worth is a frightening figure in the social network society and definitely shows some of the cons of programs like Facebook. Clive has had his profile deleted four times and claims to have used the internet to bed over 1,500 women.
A ex-miner has been banned from Facebook after using it to bed more than 300 women.

Another article show some of the bad things that can come out of social networking sites. The US police think that a group of burglars are using social networking sites to find out whose houses are empty leading to brake ins. 
Burglars used social network status updates to select victims

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