It's Not Always Bad

We always find ourselves talking about how social media has many negative effects on people. Social networking isn’t for everyone, but it’s now such a massive part of all our lives, whether we embrace or reject the notion, that it can no longer be ignored.

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There are many positive things that come from the use of social media. A big one is that it helps create tons of new social connections, adults and teenagers make new friendships and relationships online, as well as contacting relatives through social media sites. On Twitter you follow those who have something to say that you’re interested in, making connections with like-minded people much easier than in reality. Social networking sites make fitting in easier, as long as you are willing to open up a little. It's also a huge source of employment for a lot of companies nowadays, and they use sites such as LinkedIn, Monster and Indeed.

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As with most things in life there are positive and negative sides to social networking, and when done in moderation, with checks and balances on how younger people in particular are using them, and with a firm grasp being kept on reality at all time, social networking sites are neither evil or a Godsend, it's somewhere in between. You don't always have to be "hungry for likes" and dependent on social media to do things for you, it just happens to be a huge part of our world today so we have no other choice but to learn how to deal with it.