Facebook is a social networking site that has gained massive recognition since it's birth in February 4, 2004. Word of Facebook spread like wildfire, constantly gaining popularity around the word. The various races and cultures can easily relate to using Facebook because of it's alluring applications and purpose, connecting people around the world.
For lesson today, we had to use facebook as our source of discussion. Students had to search for the EIR fan page on Facebook, 'like' it and post our personal thoughts and feelings of a related topic. We discussed about the effects of the Internet on the youth, whether it's advantages outweighs it's disadvantages and vice versa.
The Internet, being an open source for users world-wide, it is common practice for the millions of them to use freedom of speech. As it is already customary to do so, expressing my views on the topic in Facebook was second nature. With a bit of humility and an open mind, individuality poses minimal harm to subjective minds. Online discussions will initially have it's toll in the long run as basic skills like public speaking and face-to-face interaction are not made use of. Virtual interaction, in excess, is certainly a disadvantage. The only advantage i can think of is being in the comfort of my home and saving the trouble of traveling around.
I admit that this exercise provides decent exposure to alternative forms of interaction. However, online interaction should never be a primary option, but a way of accessing information more conveniently.
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