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MySpace, Facebook, who needs them?
In the article 'Not In My Space' by Sara B. it says that MySpace and facebook could ruin your future. I totally agree with her in this article. People are being bullied, harassed and sexually harassed on these social networking sites. It's bad what people do to each other on these sites, from people being bullied I've heard stories of people committing suicide because of the intensity of the bulling that goes on. All those reasons have made me decide that I don't want or need one, if you have that chance of those things happening to you. All the people being bullied on these sites, could have avoided it all by not having one. The people that want to sexually harass someone online and off-line, there is something psychologically wrong with them. When she said it would haunt you, I took it as, if you write something and it discriminatory, profane, and or sexually explicit content and thing that you wouldn't say out loud or in front of your parents, your employers can see it. If your employer sees any of those negative things it could make you not get a promotion, or make you lose your job, and at that young age you don't want that.
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I am in agreement with you when you say that many times, people just use social networking websites to stay connected with friends and family, and to have fun.
However, cyberbullying is more common than you realize. The severity of the bullying varies though. That's why we only hear about the sucicides that are the result of cyberbullying. We only hear about the really bad cases; But there are literally thousands of teens out there, just like you and me, who are constantly being bullied through cyberspace. People that don't have facebooks because they want to avoid the possibiliy of being cyberbullied aren't running away from the problem. They are being smart. Very, very smart. It is true. If you don't have a facebook, you won't get bullied on facebook.
The fact is that if you block someone on facebook because they are bullying you, it is you who is, in fact, "running away from the problem." Though you probably don't mean to, you are simply saying to the bully: "I don't really want to deal with you right now. Go bother someone else will you?" And that person will. That person will go bully someone else....oops, I was preaching again wasn't I? :/ Sorry that you had to listen to all that my fellow teen! I just had to get that out!
I've never been a social network user, I really enjoy my privacy(just me), and my dad had one But I never used. I agree with this. Social networks introduced a new form of bullying to the dictionary, but on the other hand if used correctly Facebook and Myspce can be used as tools or just a way to have fun.
On a side note I think most of the people of our generation, however you define generation, will know not to do anything too stupid on these things or give out valuable info, some I mean, and perhaps pass it on. But if all this trouble with Facebook and other networks contunie, for all we know Facebook could become a long forgotten trend in the history book when we decide we're better off with out it. Maybe.
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