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Originally Posted by james130
I have both and they sort of got big whilst I was going through school.
I think I had a Myspace at 14, Facebook at 15 and Twitter at 16.
Although they've never done me any harm, I do think that they have had a detrimental effect on young people.
School children can be cruel as it is and Facebook and Twitter act as further outlets for bullying; away from the playground.
I wish they could be tighter on the age restrictions as well. My 9 year old cousin has a Facebook and I refuse to accept him. Facebooks full of stuff that young kids shouldn't be looking at and I think it's half the reason for the over sexualisation of young kids these days. Constantly taking "sexy" profile pictures and trying to out-do their 'friends'.
That plus it's a mega distraction from revision and even going out and having a life.
I do love it for socialising and keeping in touch with old friends though. I'm very conflicted on how I feel about Social Networking tbf.  |
Can't you keep it private and just the circle of friends you want though? Or would you rather an open facebook?
Also what happens if social network sites like Facebook suddenly decide to close, would peeps automatically lose all thier contacts? or would such sites have to give fair notice if they decided to close down?