Advantage, Disadvantage and Threats of social networking

Advantage

·         With social networking you can talk to others whenever you want.

·         You can talk to old friends to find out what’s happening if they were travelling etc.

·         You can access your social networking account wherever you are.

·         You can have an instant response communication to loved ones around the world.

·         You can post pictures, advertise events or business.

Disadvantage

·         Don’t talk to the actual person face to face so there is no tone of voice.

·         Time consuming wastes a lot of time.

·         No physical exercise because you are always sitting in front of a computer.

·         Many people becoming addicted to such sites and this can affect their personal life i.e. relationships, work or studies.

Threats

·         You can get bullied from random people adding you to your contacts.

·         People can keep messaging you and they could just keep following your account.

·         People could hack your account and then pretend to be you.

·         People could pretend to be the same age as you and actually be older.