Assessment of The Pros and Cons of Facebook as a Social Platform

Facebook Has Many Faces

People nowadays use Facebook every minute. Yes, every minute. We have seen a lot of users who are spending too much time scrolling on their Newsfeeds, lately fed up reading with different status, pictures, videos, etc. Facebook has been the favorite and favorable social networking site due to its demand in society. Facebook can be accessed through PC and most conveniently, through smart phones. Every other time the developer updates Facebook to eliminate bugs and unnecessary errors. That's why it is easy and fast to open the page/graphical user interface for both desktop user and smartphone user. You will soon realize how Facebook has become popular worldwide. You will soon come to think how fast Facebook has become famous. Facebook before is just a simple profile-viewed website just like LinkedIn. Lately, Mark Zuckerberg, who is the founder of Facebook, developed the site through different algorithm and some sort of complex mathematics and programming. You can see here the good side of Facebook as per user demand. Now, let us tackle the advantages of Facebook.

All throughout different countries, Facebook is accessible. Communication is done either between two different races or group conversations through Facebook. A user can access for a live chat in which user can live stream himself or herself. Facebook can be used for online business such as buy and sell, online shopping, house for sale, rooms or house for rent, freelancing, and posting job advertisement. Facebook can also be used as a means of posting current events in different countries, streaming live news, entertainment, sports, and other social media. It can be used as a place for sharing ideas, thoughts, opinions, and testimonials for a certain topic. The networking site can also be used for exposure of freedom of speech of netizens who are against certain rules and regulations or policies implemented by political government.

On the other side, Facebook is also a social networking site with many disadvantages. One of the the disadvantage is cyberbullying. Being cyberbullied on the social networking site is embarrassing and could lead to negative factors to a user such as depression and low self esteem. Facebook can also be of no privacy anymore. Everything about what they are doing and what's all about their lives is already posted on their designated posts. Especially to students, they have time for Facebook, but some don't have time for books anymore. Yes, it is the reality. Facebook creates virtual world with virtual people. It is always up to us how to use Facebook in a proper way. We can not always please anyone.