Myspace and Facebook

Facebook and Myspace are two very popular social networking sites. They are primarily used for people who want to keep in touch with friends on a daily basis. These sites are used for people to talk to one another. They make communication simple. While these sites have positive aspects to them such as being able to easily talk to friends, they mostly have negative aspects. These social networking sites are very dangerous to people who don’t take precaution when using them. Not many of the websites viewers realize the damage they are doing to themselves when they post their information on the sites. Posting your age, your school, your hometown and your full name makes it very easy for people to find you in real life. People could also use this information to steal your identity. If you provide your name and birthday on your Facebook or Myspace page for anyone to see, someone could sign you up for a credit card and ruin your credit. Someone could even steal your picture and use it as their own. While many people, especially teenagers, don’t see the harm in posting funny pictures and talking to their friends, these websites are dangerous and could ruin your future. Colleges can access your Facebook pages and if you have pictures of yourself at a party, they might decline your application because you give off the wrong impression. By simply editing your privacy settings on these websites so that only people you know can see your personal information, you can ensure your own safety.  

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a social networking website for business people. Anyone looking for a job or looking for help can sign up on this website. You can post your resume for employers to view or you can view others resumes if you are considering on hiring someone. A network of connections will be formed for you. The website also answers questions about businesses, so if someone can turn to this website for help. LinkedIn isn’t used really for entertainment and social purposes but more for business purposes. It makes finding a job much easier. Instead of having to go out and search for a job, this website allows a job to find you. Companies looking to hire people also find good use in this website as it makes it very easy to find people suitable to work for you. People who have a job can also use this website. You could have your resume up on the site as a backup just in case you were to ever get fired or if you were thinking about leaving your current job sometime in the near future. However, this website also has its drawbacks. You can’t tell if someone’s resume is real or not due to the fact that you’re not meeting that person in person. The website doesn’t really give a good insight to ones work ethic or ability. It is easy to say and write anything you want on the internet. LinkedIn is a very helpful website for anyone looking to hire or apply for a job.   

Twitter

Twitter is a website where one can post what they are during, future announcements or photos. After posting a text that is 140 words or less, all of that person’s “followers” can see what they have written. Twitter connects people in society. Friends can see what other friends are doing at any given moment. Companies can use it to promote a product or business and celebrities can use it to increase their fan base. Twitter can have a positive effect on Business because it can increase their income and popularity. If a business tweets about a certain sale or new product, other people might see that and want to go buy something from their business. It can be used to promote business. Twitter can have a positive effect on ones social life since it can connect friends together. However it could also have a negative effect on ones social life if Twitter is abused. Twitter could be used to harass, make fun of or degrade other people. It could even ruin ones future in the sense of posting pictures of illegal activities. If celebrities tweet about their day or upcoming events, they could increase their popularity. News corporations also use Twitter to their advantage as they could post new events more quickly and efficiently. Twitter can also be fun for people as they read other people’s posts that may be funny. Fans of celebrities may also like to use twitter in order to follow what there doing. Twitter can also be abused. People can make fun of other people on twitter or say mean things. People can be suspended from school if they tweet inappropriate things and people could even be fired. Celebrities could even decrease their popularity if they post things that their fans don’t like. Twitter has positive effects on life while it also has its negative effects.