Social Networking Services
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Uses and Abuses of Social Networking Sites
A social networking site or service is an online platform that allows users to create a public profile and interact with other users on the website. There are many social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Skype, etc. Among these, facebook is the most popular social networking service. All kinds of social networking services are web-based. These services have made it possible to connect people sharing interests and activities across the borders, and thus have made a lot for the users to think that they really live in a global village. Nowadays, social networks are expanding very fast. Because most of the social services are cost-free. We can make our personal profile before the entire online community. We can also look into other people's profiles. Besides these, social networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. These networks offer privacy protection measures, too. Certainly, in the age of digitalization, there is a trend among social networks led by technologies such as OpenID and Open Social. In most mobile communities, mobile phone users can now create their own profiles, make friends, participate in chat rooms, create chat rooms, hold private conversations, share photos and videos, and share blogs by using their cell phones. Again, some companies provide wireless services that allow their users to provide to their own mobile community. But it is true that social networking services are not free from bad sides. The young generation especially school-going, college-going and university-going students are addicted to such harmful social networks. As a result, their study is greatly hampered. Even some go to the dogs because some like to share obscene videos with their friends. Even killing. smuggling, eve-teasing, etc are likely to happen with the help of social networking services. In fine, emphatically it can be said that everything, good or bad, depends on the users. The users will be greatly benefited if they use these social networking services properly. On the contrary, they will be greatly hampered unless they use these services properly. So, the whole world community must be aware of the negative effects of the social networking services.