facebook

Facebook is an online social networking service.The ‘Facebook’ name came from an  expression for the directory given to students at some American universities.Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004.On these days,most of us have been exposed to facebook since we were young but not many of us have been using  facebook to its fullest.Facebook has both advantages and disadvantages to a person and community.

           The advantages of facebook is it enables people to gain knowledge without limits and meet new friends.Firstly,users of facebook must register before they can used it.After they create a personal profile they can add numerous people to be their friends.Besides that,they also can exchange messages and receive news feed when their friends updated their profile.In addition,they also may join same enthusiasm other users group organized by workplace,shool or college.So,they become more knowledgeable as they forced to keep up with the latest information in the facebook.

          Besides that,facebook improves our awareness of the current events worldwide.Nowadays,we need not only rely to newspaper or television for news but we can also access facebook for the current news that happens around the world.Other than improving our general knowledge,knowing what is going on around us will also help us socialize with others by discussing the current issues with our friends on facebook.Moreover we can exchange information with them.Hence,facebook enables people to have easy access on the current news. 

           In contrary,facebook can affect activity and relationship of people in many ways.Facebook is available on many devices such smartphones,computers and tablets.Hence,it allows the users to stay in touch with friends,families,relatives and other people wherever they are in the world.This can increased antisocial attitude because people are not directly communicating with each other.This also can disrupt one’s relationship because there is not enough communication and understanding between each other.

            Furthermore, It is quite distracting if not used within limits, for an example , a person may have the habit of updating his online status twice an hour. This is the reason that you will find many people stick to their mobile phones and laptops to check social networking websites frequently.Moreover,the more time people spent on facebook, the more likely they were to develop eating disoders such as anorexia, bulimia, and extreme dieting.This can effects a person’s health.

            In conclusion,It is difficult, yet very important to find a right balance between entertainment and daily life. Use Facebook positively to share your thoughts and keeping yourself aware of the surroundings, but do not cross the safe distance. Try to catch friends weekly or monthly rather than updating them moment to moment.