Disadvantages Of Social Media Manchester

By Steven Harrison


The latest trend in web connectivity today is the connection of people all around the world through the emergence of social networking. This generally includes the use web based computer and mobile based applications that enable communication via the internet. The growth in social media Manchester use has therefore improved interactions and dialogue between people.

The using of these sites has come with numerous advantages as well as disadvantages. Different people have experienced both the positive and the negative effects of using this form of communication. Although there are numerous advantages to using these sites, they have also come packed with a host of downsides some of which are discussed in this article.

These sites provide a platform for people to interact virtually with each other. This has caused a false sense of interaction as many people find it difficult to distinguish their fake relationships online from their real relationships with their loved ones. The result is the weakening of real relationships and interaction with many turning to these virtual relationships.

Perhaps the biggest threat posed by use of this mode of communication is the stalkers and sexual predators on the internet today. Children have grown to become the biggest victims to these predators as they are easily lured to trust them only to end up having life scaring experiences. To add to these cyber bullying activities, thieves and hackers use these sites as a source of information for their potential targets.

Another great disadvantage of this mode of communication is the degradation of the moral values of the society. This comes in the form of exposure to indecent materials such as pornography and use of foul language among users. To a great extent, the effect has been mostly to kids and young adults who are the majority users of these networking sites. The level of promiscuity in the society among people of different ages has also gone up with many of the youth becoming more and more promiscuous.

The latest trending mode of marketing for different companies is through interaction with their clients via these social platforms. This has a great advantage in customer interaction but also bring about a great drop in the productivity from the workers. Many employees have been known to use this as an opportunity to engage in their personal interactions under the disguise of the company policy hence leading to losses.

It has become relatively easy to share pictures, videos and other personal information through these sites as it only requires a simple upload. This has caused people to unknowingly reveal some private and personal information about their lives to potential predators. This poses a great danger to them as anything uploaded to the internet remains there indefinitely and cannot be changed or deleted.

As a conclusion we can therefore see that the use of various social sites on the World Wide Web comes with different challenges despite its other numerous advantages. Caution should hence be greatly emphasized whenever you are using different social media Manchester applications. The examples mentioned in this article only reflect a small number of threats associated with these applications.




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