Friday, January 11, 2013

Social Networking

Advantages: 

- Meet new people
- Make groups to talk about anything
- Good for businesses to advertise and share any information
- Helps market research by using our information

Disadvantages:

- You can get hacked
- People can easily get scammed, especially with the "Click here..." chain messages and advertisements
- People's reputation can get ruined in a single post or status
- Takes up a lot of time from our day


I care about my privacy to a certain point. If Facebook is using some of my interests for market research, I don't care that much, because that's how Facebook makes its money and keeps it free for us. At the same time, I wouldn't want anyone to be able to see information about me or any photos or comments or status I have made. But, there is also a security settings feature where you can make people unable to view your profile if they do not have you added. So overall, your privacy still matters.

1 comment:

  1. This is very true. I agree with all of your advantages and disadvantages and am also glad they have security settings for us.

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