Facebook Has Consequences

ok this is a little thin about my debate.

In the early 1960s the internet was made public, and became a very important resource to everyday basis. There are over 1 million websites on the internet including educational, informational, blogging, photo sharing, personal, and many other websites.  It is a tool that is very accessible to the people, of the world. There are a lot of websites, but one of the most visited website since 2009 is the social network Facebook. Facebook has over 800 million active users. When people heard of these numbers all they could think of was “Let’s visit Facebook, let’s be part of it”. The Facebook website might sound safe because people all over the world have an active account, but I do not believe the social network Facebook is a secure website. My Main reasons why Facebook should xsw2be qualified as a horrendous website are; it is an addictive site, there is no privacy, it can have and atrocious impact on careers and personal lives, it causes health concerns, and there is no way to eliminate a Facebook account.

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, a former Harvard student. Initially, the membership of Facebook was restricted to students of Harvard College. It was subsequently expanded to other colleges. Networks were then initiated for high schools on February 27, 2006 and some large companies. Since September 11, 2006, anyone who is thirteen or older may join. Reading this information could make people want to have a Facebook account, not thinking that Facebook is not a private website. By having an active account, as a Facebook member, a person will not find sufficient privacy. Facebook requires its members to submit some information about themselves, but sharing too much information on social network sites can be harmful in numerous ways. People think that all it takes to have a private and secure Facebook is to click on the option “private account”. This safety option does not stop hackers or people that might want to harm other human beings from their purposes. All it takes to see a private profile is typing the right URL code and the information will pop out. Once information was given to the site there is no way back. Besides setting yourself in a danger zone with your personal information, there is also a risk of a psychological damage.

We have heard about alcohol and smoking addiction, but I think many people do not know about Facebook addiction. The cause for these websites to be created was that many people became addicted to the features offered on the site. There are websites that help people rehabilitate from their addiction to Facebook. It is really easy to start having too much of the social network, people get hooked on applications and games like Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc. There are even people that are dependent to post status updates, they get the satisfaction to know that people know what they are doing. Updating a status has become so important in today’s society, even to the point that there was a man that updated his status while getting married. This obsession is a major distraction to our world. Many schools report that the average grade of students has gone down and the main cause is social networking sites. Even to the point that people end up losing their job for being caught socializing during working hours, when instead they should have been working. Sometimes it is hard to be rehabilitated from Facebook because it is hard to delete a Facebook account.

Trying to delete a Facebook account it is not as easy as creating one. It may take you a while to figure out how to delete the account and after all the search trying to figure out a way to delete a Facebook account you will find a surprise. Finally being able to click your account away a message comes through telling you it is just a deactivation you are preforming. A Facebook account could never be deleted; it can be deactivated and activated whenever you want. One can get their account and all the information back anytime if they decided to join Facebook again. Many want to get rid of unwanted information that was put in their Facebook, like photos, comments, statues. Mind as well keep wishing since all will be there for the rest of Facebook’s existence. It does not end here since there are other things people wish to get rid of.

Not just deleting that unwanted information but also get rid of all the virus attacks is a major concern of the users. Hackers always find a way around so they can try to spread unwanted pop ups and viruses via the website. Hackers do not need to research that much to find one of the  most visited website, everyone knows its Facebook. Since news spreads very fast on Facebook, a click on an unknown link is all that is needed to spread the virus to your friend, their friends and so on. Even get to the point when a computer hard drive becomes damaged or slows down because of a Facebook virus was transmitted into the computer. It is always good to be careful before clicking links and following them. We also must be careful with the damage being made to us besides the one to our computer.

Facebook has had a stellar impact on social networking and has changed the way people socialize with one another. Awareness should be raised to not let Facebook take over your life; there are real games, real gifts and real people out there. Interact with them in real life and use Facebook as a tool to keep in touch with other people. It is a must to not let Facebook replace the real life experiences like talking to a friend face to face, and not though a computer screen. Internet and social networking are or were supposed to enhance our life’s, not take them away