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What do you think about social media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)? Does it sometimes infringe on our privacy without our knowledge? How does social media benefit us? Has social media changed the way we communicate? If yes, is it for the better or worse?
My personal opinion on Social Media is that it is very helpful. It helps people connect to each other so much easier. It is also a super fast way to message people that you can not get into touch with out of school if you don’t live near them. I do not think that it messes with our privacy at all. As long as you keep your password and everything secure you should be perfectly fine and should not have to worry about your privacy being ruined. Social Media can benefit people so much. Especially if they really need to contact someone, or need help with anything. You can easily just find the person on facebook, twitter, or anything of the sort and message them in a second. It is the best method to talk to people that you don’t live near or if you can’t go outside, or on the go. I think that Social Medias has changed the way we communicate a lot. Instead of just walking to a person’s house or waiting till we next see them, we just message them via facebook or twitter no matter where we are. Some people are a bit too reliable on it though and get frustrated when it won’t work for them. But I would say it is for the better, it is so much easier and faster than any other method and is all around great.
ReplyDeleteI think Tyler's writing is very well written. He really went into detail about the subject. I liked how he stated 'it is also a fast way of communicating'. He might of had minor mistakes in wording his sentences and grammar. All in all i thought it was very well done.
DeleteSocial media? My opinion on social media such as instagram and such, I personally think that is good yet bad. I am kinda on the fence for this one, I think it does infringe on privacy but not too much. See on instagram oir facebook you as the user has the choice too make your profile for everyone too see or for just the people you know. Social media benefits us in many ways. Such as meeting new people or even finding new places too go. It lets you express your self and kind of gives you freedom.I do think social media has changed the way we communicate. Its changed the way we've communicate by not letting people talk face to face and people really just communicate on phones. AS you can see I like these social media aps such as instagram facebook and such They help me meet new people and communicate with friends that have moved. If you are not sure about having social media just think about all the bads and all the goods. I would personally say that there are definetley more pros than cons in this specific subject. All in all I love social media
ReplyDeleteI think Stephen has a good point with being on the fence because it depends on the people. Stephen had good reasons like meeting new people, and talking to friends that have moved. But Stephen just had some capital errors and commas missing.I did like his reasons about we all have a choice on facebook or instagram and putting it on private. in the end there is more pros than cons in his opinion.
DeleteI think stepehen has an execellent point but not being good and bad because either your with it or not . It does infrige on facebook because people c an acces your account without yor permission .There is alot of cons to the subject and less pros on this subject. I think stephen started with a great idea then it kind of went down hill but I liked his writting ability.
DeleteSocial media these days is a great thing because it helps to connect with friends and family you may not be able to connect with normally. However, social media can also be a bad thing because people can cyber bully through it which is not good in any way shape or form. I do believe that social media does infringe on our privacy especially if you tell the person who, for example, took a picture of you not to post it and when they post it anyways it is a huge problem on your privacy. We benefit from social media in a multitude ways like dating websites such as eharmony.com and other things that help people to meet and be social. Social media has changed the way we communicate I think mostly for the worst. I think this because when my parents talked about how fun it was to play outside and meet new people instead of staying inside on their computers and phones all day. I wish I could do the same things that they did "back in the old days" and meet interesting people. The youth of today need to go outside and use a lot less social media.
ReplyDeleteI liked that you put social media does help us yet doesn't at the same time. I disagree with you though about dating websites. There can be a lot of people who lie about themselves saying they are like a doctor when they are not. I agree with you that it was fun to play outside but now we just use computers and phones. You're right, we do need to go outside more than we use social media.
DeleteI agree with you strongly. I say that because social media is and is not a good thing. I agree with you on how you say people can get cyber bullied, some people say "if these kids don't want to get bullied they shouldn't have these websites" but why shouldn't they? There an average teenager or likes Internet and friends, so why should they limit there social media because some kids can't mind there business? Anyway, I agree with how people don't go outside much anymore. And i agree how you can meet new people also maybe even your future partner. Good response.
Deletesocial media ? It is time period would give u basically all the same answers. They love it ! Every single bit of it. I on the other hand think it is a real waste of time. Of course I have a face book and twitter and etc. so I know how it is a waste of time and brain cells. Kids spend all of there time checking there phone and when at home on their laptops. Also you have the matter of cyber bullying. That's a big issue now .A lot of kids think its cool to sit over the key board and makes someone's life miserable. Calling them fat and ugly just because it makes them feel better . A lot of children cant handle being public humiliated and they it into there own hands . You have a big suicide problem in this state new jersey. Or some will take it to the next level and maybe want to get even with you .The people that made these social networks have a lot of deaths on there hands and some parents will eventually get fed up with it .I know they say well u should not let your child on the websites but in all reality they can not control there internet access.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think about Facebook is good. This is because then you can talk to friends and family around other people or you can make plans with each other one day if you can not talk on the phone at all. It doesn't infringe me in social media because it is a fun thing to do on the computer instead of playing games like Minecraft or something etc.. Social media benefits us for looking things up. Doing projects. Or checking grades. Finally studying. Yes it has changed. This is from google. Also twitter. And even instagram with allows you to share pictures with each other. though most of bing and yahoo.
ReplyDeleteSocial media has been a huge thing for all of us in the past couple of years. Its had a huge impact in everyone of us, some may or may not like it, but its had both a good and bad influence on us whether we like it or not. Social media can be a good thing, there have been instances where a family member has found another person in there family. Also, it helps us keep track and up to date with recent or past things that have happened in people’s lives or just news of the world. But, Social media can also be a bad or even a horrible thing to some people. Certain people have been affected so terribly that their lives have changed because of social media. Cyber bullying is a tragic thing that can lead the victim into depression and in rare cases, even suicides have happened. So, Social media Is both a good AND bad, and to certain people its pretty bad. So my opinion is that Social media is a good and bad thing, it can be used to our benefit but it can also be used to bully someone online with terrible consequences.
ReplyDeleteI like dieths because it include very good reasons for both arguments. For example "It helps us keep track and up to date with recent or past things that have happened in peoples lives or just news of the world.And on the other side of the argument.Cyber bullying is a tragic thing that can lead the victim into depression and in rare cases even suicides. His writing really included both sides of the argument.
DeleteI agree with you Deith, I also think social media can help us both good and bad. I think that social media can keep us up to date with current events and helping us meet up with our friends. I also think that it can be harmful to some people because they don't get any exercise and they can give personal information to people they don't know! Overall I think social media is good but you have to be cautious when to post something or talking to strangers.
DeleteI think that social media sites are mostly a waste of time. The reason i feel this way is because there are plenty of other ways of contacting your friends. With all the technology we have for use social media site are kind of pointless to have. Many people think their profile is safe when they change their profile setting to private. The truth is the owners of whatever social media network you sign up to use will always know what you're typing in your messages. Even if you write on a friends wall anyone can see it. Whatever you put on the internet will always stay there for everyone to see. The way social media can benefit us is talking to your friends if your phone breaks or knowing if you missed a homework assignment. I think social media has changed the way we communicate because most kid go on facebook to talk to their friends or see what they're doing. Also kids don't talk in person as much as in the past. Most kids talk either on facebook, twitter, and instagram.Also kid use more slang words on social media and some kids are so used to that.
ReplyDeleteMost people in our time have a social media account (facebook, twitter,vine). I think that social media have affected us in a good way and in a bad way. I am sort of in the middle of which I think social media is good or bad. The reason why is because social media is good for communication and its bad because people are so lazy now and they won't go outside and interact with other people. Some reasons why I thinks its good to have social media is it is a way to talk with friends and entertain themselves. For example, vine is a social media service for making 6 second long loop videos that entertain me when i’m feeling down. Now some reasons why I think social media is bad because of cyberbullying! I see many people getting harassed and made fun of on facebook and that is just sad. Some people also commit suicide of this stuff and it needs to stop! Another thing is that people are not active and that might be another reason why people are getting obese! As you can see social media can be good and bad. Hope you guys agree and be sure to comment!
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot more to social media then people think. Social media gives friends a way to interact at home or school without being actually together. For example, you could see where your friends are or are going or even what their wearing for the day. Yet there's another side to social media then some kids don’t realize. It’s a target for kids to get bullied anonymously online. Social media can infringe on our privacy without our knowledge as Ms. Bocchino asked. It tells where we are at the exact time and place. We make tweets or posts of where we go like, “At Lacy’s Applebee's, they make their food better than the one in Toms River” but when you say that you probably don’t realize that you just notified millions of people where and when you're there. Social media benefits us by we can contact our friends without texting or calling them, you could also say it is faster communication. It also has changed the way we communicate. We don’t talk to our friends as much in person as we used to because now we could Facetime them if you have an Apple product. For an example, if we can’t get out of the house we could just Facetime them and it’s like we’re in the same room when really we aren’t. But then again it isn’t so great, like cyber bullies can post things anonymously meaning that the person won’t know who is saying these mean comments about them online. So I believe social media changed for the better and worse.
ReplyDeleteI think that your statement is very well stated but I think that it still infringes are privacy because even when u secure your password it isn't hard for someone to hack you profile. So many people profiles like on Facebook have ben hacked before even when they kept their passwords secure. But I do have to agree that social media dose help students connect with others outside of school. I also agree that it dose change the way we communicate, like when we text someone so much but when we see them in person its awkward. But I like your statement on your opinion on social media.
ReplyDeleteI think that you have a very good point. But I think that the social media infringes on our privacy because they need all the information about us. Also u were right about how people relie on facebook and twitter. When people use the internet to message others they think that they can say anything to them cause they're not face to face. So they think nothing will happen if they say something inappropriate or rude to others. Also I think that it can benefit people in a lot of way
ReplyDeleteI like bridgets because I agree with her that it does infringe In our privacy and that people rely to much on social media. Also that it does benefit us. I think maybe her writing could have been a little longer but, it is a good piece of writing.
DeleteI think that social media can be good and bad. It can be good because you can contact with your family or friends if they live far away. It can be bad because people can try and hurt you physically, mentally, and emotionally. People can bully you and try to make you feel bad about yourself. I think social media can infringe on our privacy without our knowledge. You can put where you live on your Facebook page and people can look at that if you didn't change your privacy settings. They can find out what town and what town you live in. Social media benefits us because if someone close to you lives far away, you can contact them and keep in touch. Social media can also benefit us because if you make friends with someone who speaks English from another country, you can find out about their culture and how they do things differently. Social media has changed the way we communicate. Before computers, people used to send letters. Sending a letter to someone isn’t really common for our age group. Sending a message to someone on Facebook is much faster. So social media has changed the way we communicate for the better. We can tell someone about something much quicker than we used to be able to.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with what Laura wrote. Yes, I think social media helps the world communicate. However, not using it wisely and appropriately could lead to bad things. There are many different sides to this argument.
DeleteI agree with Laura's opinion but I think she should include more about how bad social media can be also. Although social media is good it can also harm you. I do not agree entirely with her opinion that social media has changed the way we communicate for the better. Yes it does help us connect with family and friends who are normally too far away. The point in this paragraph is that I do agree with her.
DeleteIn my opinion social media is a good thing. You can interact with friends and family. You can talk to friends if you’re not around them and it’s a fast way of communication . It also entertains people if they’re maybe sad one day. Social media is also good because people can communicate with old friends or family members that live far away from each other. Most people use social media to see what friends are up to and just to talk to each other. Also it may benefit some people. For example, a girl was dropped off at the mall by her mom but, needs a ride home. The girl can use maybe facebook to contact a friend or family member to see if she can get a ride home. Also social media can save lives . Some teens can get themselves into trouble by talking to people they don’t know. It can be a criminal trying to plot something bad on a kid and, if the people who check your account to see if you’re making poor choices sees that the criminal is planning something they can contact the police. In conclusion, I think social media is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI believe social media is a great advancement in human technology and communication. It allows us at any time to to send a message between each other. It also allows us to check events occurring or upcoming. Also Social media allows you to stay connected with your friends weather far away or close by. You can stay close with anyone regardless of time or place. Social medias impacts are all good unless poor choices are made with it.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately some people use this technology to infringe on our personal space. Hacking looking at personal writings and or pictures. Although we all know that what you do online or even offline can be seen. Although it’s not right for people to encroach on your personal life you should know better than to put something on the internet that you want no one to see. So it’s up to you to keep your private stuff out of the public eye.
Social media has caused us to go from sending telegrams and letters to sending Emails and posting pictures on web pages. Social media has really changed the world for the better. For example now we can talk to people wherever, whenever, and say whatever we want to. you could never do this in the past. Social Media is one of the best pieces of communication available.
I agree with Eric because he makes an incredible point on the aspect of social media today rather than the past. We have a lot more freedom with what we do with social media. We can stay connected with our friends and family like never before. And like Eric said, Social media is only a bad thing if you make poor choices on it with other people. This is by far my favorite aspect on social media because he makes such great points. In conclusion, I agree with Eric because he gives good arguments on social media today.
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I think social media is really helpful.It helps people keep in touch with friends and family.Also its easy to use and anyone can use it.Its free so you dont have to pay to text people , post pictures or anything.To me social media is very helpful. Social media does infringe on privacy.Facebook,instagram and twitter can easily look at your pictures and go onto your e-mail account. They can see your phone number and other information that may seem private.They control your account and can do anything to it without you even noticing.Social media benefits us cuz its a free and easy way to talk to other people. Also you can share pictures and easily talk to any1 u want.furthermore, you can eaisly make things private like certain pictures and your whole account in general and you can block certain people from seeing things you don't want them to see.Overall I think social media has changed things for the better.Its a fast and easy way of talking to people for free. its easier to share multiple photos and other things to different people.
My personal opinion about social media is that it is useful. It is useful because not everybody in life talks everyday. Social media comes in handy when you're feeling down or you're bored . When you are on instagram you can see what your friends are doing or what they have plans for that day. Everybody uses social media now a days because it is easier and faster. Why not join in and tweet and post a picture, but to an extent No, I don't think it invades my privacy because if I wanted privacy i would put it on privacy. Social media impacts us a lot because if we didn't have it we wouldn't be able to connect to our friends and family. We mostly connect through a phone or computer nowadays and thats how we know if someone is depressed or excited about something. We would know that we should help them or calm them down or just be happy for them. Social media shouldn't be for bullying but it happens and its hard to prevent. So there is bad and good to having social media as our life. we may be getting bullied or just tweeted something wrong. So that is my personal opinion on social media, what's yours?
ReplyDeleteI agree and disagree with sandy. Yes she makes points about social media being helpful. the privacy point she said was wrong. Many people know how to work there way with technology. Some may be able to hack your account. You probably wouldn't know who hacked your account because they can make themselves anonymous. Even though there's a slim chance of anyone getting hacked but it happens. It can ruin lives so quickly. Causing depression leading to self harming or suicide. Which happens a lot especially with teens nowadays.I do agree with keeping us occupied. Time passes quickly in my opinion if lets say your waiting for someone. Sandy made many good points even though I disagree with some points she made.
DeleteI think social media is a bad help with our communication face to face with each other. We feel that we can say anything to people via internet and think we won’t meet them face to face to talk. I think that social media infringes on our privacy more than we think. When we put in our personal information and even secure things people can hack into our accounts still with no problem. The people that work for facebook,twitter and more have all the information so they can even get into your account. But social media can benefit us also. It can connect to internet and we can talk to whoever we want at any time. For example, if you were really busy and couldn’t go anywhere you can message a friend and tell them you need something but your busy. i think social media changed the way we communicate a lot in the past years. It has not really benefitted us though. People say things over facebook, twitter, and other social media, that they wouldn’t say to people when they meet them. They think that they might not see that person for a while so they say rude or inappropriate thing to one an other.
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ReplyDeleteOver the past 15 years, social media has been growing, and getting more high tech almost every day. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and many others are good examples of social media. When people post pictures and comments on websites, they usually stay public and permanent. Just one little comment can make people feel hurt, and it can bring them to low self esteem. This is just one of many different things that can make social media horrifying. On the benefiting side, people from all parts of the world can use social media to communicate and stay in touch. Over time, social media has definitely changed the way we communicate with each other. It is both for the better and the worse because of how our accounts are created. If you don't have a secure, private account, you could easily get stalked or cyber bullied by completely random strangers. In my opinion, I wouldn't really want complete strangers following or friending me anyway. You might think your account is safe, but people could be viewing it and invading your privacy at any time without you knowing. As dangerous as social media can become, it is commonly used in an appropriate and safe way. Since there are so many positive and negative things to talk about with this topic, I am neutral.
ReplyDeleteSocial media is something everyone has heard and used. From MySpace to Facebook or Instagram to vine social media has advanced to better ways for people to express themselves. but I think even tho we think all of are profiles are secure it isn't hard for someone to hack are profiles. so many people have complained about creeps or stalkers on their profiles. so even tho social media only wants to make life easier i think it is making it harder for us as humans to trust anything we see. and like some of my other classmates have mentioned cyber bullying, i would have to agree with them on that subject because by being able to create fake account it gives a person the ability to do and say what ever they want to someone they don't care for. so that could also be another problem that it cause us to worry about.but their are good things that social media has to offer. it allows people to text their friends when they don't live close to them are when we are not in school. it also allows people who are shy and have trouble expressing themselves to others a chance to be themselves. so social media has its ups and downs to it but its something that we all can benefit to.
ReplyDeleteSocial media can be a good and bad thing. I believe this for many reasons. First of all it helps you keep in contact with old and new friends. Also it helps you make new ones. For instance, eharmony.com helps you meet people online to date. But, on the other hand, you can easily be stalked through the internet. If you are always posting where you are and what you are doing everyday of the week it can be unsafe. Social Media also affects our social life.For example, say you went out one night during high school and somebody posted those pictures on a website without your permission, when you are trying to get into college those pictures may affect your chance on getting into the college of your dreams. Eventhough there are cons to social media it can also benifit us.It can benifit us because if after highschool you moved far away from your friends it could help you stay up to date with their life until you came back to visit them. Also, it can help you find family members you weren't aware you had and make plans with them. Social media has also changed the way people communicate. For example, before facebook and instagram and etc.. came out people would actually leave their house, go to their friends house, knock on the door, and ask if they wanted to hang out. now people barely remove their laptops so they can get off the couch. Therefore, i believe that it is not a bad thing to have something that is social media but to use it wisely and carefully
ReplyDeletei think krista makes a good point. i agree with her that social media is for the good and the bad. that we should all use it wisely and not use it for bad things. But, it is good to keep in tounch with your friends by using social media.
DeleteI think social media is very helpful but, at the same time it can make peoples lives miserable. I think it can infringe our privacy when without us knowing like when you told someone something and they went around and posted it on their account where everyone can see it and it ruined your life. I think social media can benefit us in a good way life we can talk to people all over and talk to your friends when its the summer and you're not able to see them. I think social media has changed the way we communicate because we don't need to physically be with the person to talk to them or when you write to them it gets there so much faster than if you had to write a letter. I think it is for the better that we have Facebook, Instagram, twitter ext.. because it makes you feel like your what you want to be when your online not what people make you out to be a whole different person than when your not online. It makes you feel like you can be whoever you want to be. That is my opinion on the social media topic.
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ReplyDeleteI think social media is an amazing thing. Also I think it has to be the worst thing for people of this generation. Social Media isn't private at all. Even though most of you think passwords and having your page on private helps your wrong. Technology is so advanced now if you know what your doing. You can get on anyone's account. In a split second your life can change forever. Lets say you have a jealous ex boyfriend/girlfriend. If they wanted to get back at you they can take any of your photos or words you post on a social media site. Using it against you even if it wasn't the exact picture or word. Also girls these days like posting explicit pictures. For everyone and anyone to see. Not knowing the consequences. There family, friends, future co workers can see that. Even in 5+ years from now. Once you post something its gone forever. Nothing is private on the internet ever. Social media can also benefit us. Internet is an amazing thing. We can get into contact with people all over the world. From china to Australia with a tap or click of a button. Talking to long distant family members is so easy. You can share photos via instagram or type in a short sentence for many to see on twitter. There's endless uses of communication through social media. I do think social media changed the way we communicate as people. Its actually a good and bad thing in my opinion. Back in the day they didn't have social media. Its either you travel to talk to people or mailed something out to whoever you want to talk to. As the more years the pass the less people are communicating face to face. Which can cause a social anxiety since some people aren't used to face to face communication or gatherings because some are so infaucuated with social networks. Its good too because its much easier and less complicated to share photos/have quick communication. I have mixed feelings towards social media. Depending on the person it can do them good or bad.
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