DISADVANTAGES OF FACEBOOK
1. Facebook and marriage
Social networking is quickly becoming a way of people to find one another and connect. According to a research done, facebook had being the cause of one-fifth of the divorce and separation cases reported. Many people in 40-50s who may be for instance be bored by their partners may as a result end up looking for their adolescence lovers and sooner than never this relationship grows very fast. But once their partners get to learn of their spouse unfaithfulness, separation or even divorce end up occurring where the children suffers a lot.
2. Facebook and time wasting
A time when we are fatigued, we usually end up loging in our facebook accounts but little do we know we actually spend a lot of time on the wall, addictive games. This is the reason why facebook will always remain successful. As a result people are urged to avoid this addiction by: ignoring requests, go offline chats, avoid constant mails, to bring timers on their computers and to avoid games and any third party application. Sometimes this may work to a disadvantage of the user; by procrastinating pressing matters to another time.
3. Facebook and sleep
Sometimes one may fail to get sleep and in order to keep your self busy one gets into facebook. Gradually one gets carried away and you end up spending a lot of time. This has not worked very well for the college and university students since they may not be able to concentrate well in their class the following day hence one fails to have a good relationship with her studies.
4. Facebook and relationships
Relationship is the bond between two or many persons; it can be interpersonal, intimate, parent-to- child, romantic relationships. For any relationship to be healthy the parties involved must feel good of themselves and is fun. However facebook has come to disrupt this concept where may be in a family setting, children may tend to disobey their parents in performing the household chores since they are serious facebooking.Hence this can easily break the bond between parents and the children.
Similarly, facebook has be an answer to long distance relationships, on Facebook friends, family and lovers can count on. Though conducted on a distance, the system can still connect relationships right that very moment. But because relationships are built and strengthened just because of an Internet site, it tends to become weaker and it supports less emotional and most especially physical contact. Some relationships tumble down due to facts like these.
5. Facebook and addiction
Facebook and internet in general can be addictive; this is because out of them one gets information and freedom. Logging onto the Internet is like a kid going to a toy store; there is so much to do and explore that once you get in, you never want to leave. People also go online because the Internet offers freedom to do whatever they want, to say whatever they want and to be whoever they want.
This could have a negative effect since people will act in certain ways and say certain things that they otherwise wouldn’t do in real life. Furthermore, because the Internet offers so much freedom, you can find your ideal self much easier, but it’s not the same as your social self. The difference is due to you talking to a computer screen and you talking to a real person. Thus, the experiences we encounter on the Internet are not the same as the ones we encounter in real life.
Besides that, facebook addiction has also led to poor work performance where for instance the staff spread most of their time on facebook, hence keep on procrastinating their duties. This as a result leads to fall of the organization, occurrence of losses due to poor performance of the workers.
Since the popularity of computers began, many questions associated with computer screens and eye-strain has being asked. Yes it is true they can cause damage to a person’s eyesight since they bring about eye-strain and discomfort, however, the extent is not clear. One suffers from eye-strain from a prolonged use of computer that my also vary from different persons. In this context addiction to facebook can also be a cause of suffering from a poor eye-sight.
6. Facebook and pornography
Due to modern media—especially the internet— children are exposed to very sexually explicit and pornographic material at an earlier age than ever. Some reports say as young as 8-11 years of age and the availability and ease of access creates conditions where it’s quite simple to be pulled into the lure of it all. Kids are curious something that is a good thing and should be nurtured and no contract in the world is going to stop their curiosity. Therefore parents teaching them of sex in a responsible and respectful way isn't going to satisfy it either and the children will go ahead to want to know more about it. Parenting is not only a parent's right, but their responsibility, and parents are responsible for what their kids do on the internet at home. You provided them with access and you are also responsible for how they use it.
7. Facebook and theft
Facebook provides one a chance to display details of oneself online. However, displaying a number of these details online, an individual opens themselves to potential problems. When combined with a little background information which can be found on the site (place of study, hometown, type of job and employer) the task of impersonating a victim becomes much easier. One can connect with a stranger who is a thief or can be accessed by other culprits to make your problems worse. Therefore we should be very careful when reveling to others who we are online. Many people have also got themselves into a relationship with strangers who finally end up killing and robbing them off their possession.
