Social networking sites like Facebook are the new addiction now for avid Internet users. As with any social interaction, there are positive and negative aspects to participation.
Already users express concerns over social protocol with those they want and don’t want to interact with on Facebook. These can cause some relationship strains just as, for example, on instant messaging on MSN chat where people are blocked or ignored. I’m sure those who have used chat can identify with those strains especially when one has many contacts.
People on Facebook have an average of about 120 friends, they tend to interact with a very small percentage (less than 10) of them on a regular basis. therefore, even those that have hundreds of Facebook friends tend to interact with only a few more people. Also people who are members of online social networks are not so much ‘networking’ as they are broadcasting their lives to an outer tier of acquaintances who aren’t necessarily inside there close circle of friends.
With networking sites like Facebook however, there is more social interaction amongst peer groups especially. One cause for concern are groups or forums that glorify acts that were previously not socially acceptable.
Personally i find some acts that are being done on facbook horrendous and dont have to be on the site. I dont think us humans can live without being social, yet i think everything has a limit, and some people on these social sites have been passing their limits a lot.
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