SOCIAL NETWORKING:

PROS AND CONS

Made by: Aman Pandey
Class: X ‘B’
Roll No.: 05
Subject: Computer Science
Introduction to Social Networking
◦ A social networking service is an online platform which people use to build social networks
or social relationship with other people who share similar personal or career interests,
activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. Social networking services vary in format
and the number of features. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, digital photos
and videos, posts, and to inform others about online or real-world activities and events with
people in their network.
◦ One can categorize social-network services into four types:
 socializing social network services used primarily for socializing with existing friends (e.g., Facebook)
 online social networks are decentralized and distributed computer networks where users
communicate with each other through internet services.
 networking social network services used primarily for non-social interpersonal communication (e.g.,
LinkedIn, a career- and employment-oriented site)
 social navigation social network services used primarily for helping users to find specific information or
resources (e.g., Goodreads for books)
Examples of Social Networking sites
Facebook
Facebook, Inc. is an
American online social
media and social
networking service
company based in Menlo
Park, California. It was
founded by Mark
Zuckerberg, along with
fellow Harvard College
students and roommates
Eduardo Saverin, Andrew
McCollum, Dustin
Moskovitz and Chris
Hughes.
WhatsApp
Messenger
WhatsApp Messenger is
a freeware, cross-
platform messaging
and Voice over IP
service owned by
Facebook. It allows
sending of text
messages and voice
messages, making
voice and video calls as
well as sharing images,
documents, user
location and other
media.
Instagram
Instagram is a photo and
video-sharing social
networking service
owned by Facebook, Inc.
It was created by Kevin
Systrom and Mike Krieger,
and launched in October
2010 exclusively on iOS.
Twitter
Twitter is an American
online news and social
networking service on
which users post and
interact with messages
known as "tweets". Tweets
were originally restricted
to 140 characters, but on
November 7, 2017, this
limit was doubled to 280
for all languages except
Chinese, Japanese, and
Korean.
Pros of Social Networking
◦ Social networking sites are the top news source for 27.8% of Americans, ranking below
newspapers (28.8%) and above radio (18.8%) and print publications (6%).

◦ It helps advertising you and your brand

◦ Social networking sites made it easier to find old friends or families as well as making new
friends

◦ They allow those who are shy or have trouble making friends to socialize more easily. That’s
also true for those with disabilities.

◦ Most economical way to get in touch with someone

◦ Easy to get different opinions on things like surveys

Cons of Social Networking
◦ Social networking sites lack privacy

◦ Nowadays even school kids join social networking sites resulting in lower grades

◦ They cause users to spend less time outdoors and to be less active.

◦ It facilitates cyberbullying

◦ People spend more time online and less time face-to-face

◦ Stalking people

◦ Hacking into profiles and posting as them

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