There are two main schools of thought behind the motion, one arguing that social media are dissolving the social fabric of society by limiting personal interaction (for the motion) and another arguing that social media increase interaction by allowing faster exchange of information (against the motion). Is the issue more complicated? Should social media be considered a social force or, as is increasingly believable, society itself?
Agree or disagree with the following motion: social media do more harm than good.
I agree, social media is making people antisocial and rude. Because social media is so popular people are not taking the time to spend time with loved people in their lives and begin growing apart from their friends and family. Social media also is the cause of most relationship breakups. Social media is not to be trusted. Social media does more harm than good!
social media is not fun it takes time away from real life.
i think social media does more harm than good.
i most definitely do agree. social media is ruining peoples lives. it's causing teenagers to develop eating disorders and it's also causing them to end their own lives. how would you feel if you walked into your daughters/sons, or sisters/brothers, or best friend's, bedroom and found them hanging there dead- and next to them was their computer. on their computer were a bunch of hateful death threats. "drink bleach, you hate worthless 'thing'." "haha you're anorexic" "loose weight thunder thighs, or drink bleach.. either way, sort yourself out.".. now, tell me that social networking sites (such as facebook, twitter, ask.fm, tumblr and so on..) do more good than harm.
Agree, but not because of social media "dissolving the social fabric of society by limiting personal interaction", but because it's forcibly integrating the web with the rest of society. I'm more worried about the harm the social does to the web than the harm the web does to the social. It's not hard to choose to interact with your friends and family without the mediation of Facebook. It's much harder to use the web without submitting to corporate surveillance. Ghostery, noscript, blackholing Facebook in /etc/hosts and using duckduckgo over Google works well enough, but that's already enough trouble that only tinfoil hats bother.
I disagree I think, but it all depends. I have a facebook, twitter, had tumblr, etc. but I barely socialize in it. I don´t chat, barely message and etc. However my friends understand this and know that if they want to comunicate with me they text me and we can hang out whenever. Other friends however socialize all day in social media and have average interaction in real life. And then of course I have friends that all they do is socialize through the internet. What I´m trying to say is that it can be good and it can be bad, it all depends on who is using it and how they´re using it.
Agree to a point. I think social media is harmful to IRL relationships in that it tends to become a cheap substitute for deep connection. But I do think it's useful when it comes to relationships that don't naturally have a high success rate IRL; ex-coworkers and distant relatives for instance.
I disagree. Social media enables us to be more connected with people, whether they be near or far. It allows one to access far away cultures, which helps that person keep an openmind. Also it helps persons become exposed to new groups near them, once again helping to broaden the horizons of that person. Granted it can be abused and can potentially lead to isolation. However these are extreme cases and are not representative of the overall result.
Agree. When it first started out, I believe it did more good then harm. If the current benefits of social media (speed of information, interconnected networks, etc.) could be limited to things like news reporting or emergency services notification, it'd be great. IMHO, for the vast majority of current users, it serves as a platform to expose the rest of the world to their problems and enables their need for attention. I've heard far to many stories of families and friends ruining relationships because of social media, not to mention jobs and celebrities. However that's not to say there aren't any benefits now - for example, I love being able to see pictures from friends and family. I just don't agree with the stream-of-consciousness that it has become.