My article was about how Facebook is now so important in many people's lives. A college student's mother gave her $300 to not use the social networking site for a month. The girl made it through the thirty days, but said she felt anxious and was going through “withdraws.” I often have found myself going on Facebook, planning to be on for a short time; only to end up being logged in for an hour. We spend our lives being nosy and snooping around learning about how others are living their lives. It's crazy to think that not even ten years ago people didn't even know what a Facebook was, or what the affects of it would be on their lives. I definitely agree that this social networking craze mostly affects the younger generation. I have seen second graders with Facebooks, and the thought of that scares me. People are joining when they are way too young. I feel that people are more comfortable socializing with people online rather than in person. In a way, social networking is related to cell phones and texting. My grandparents always say that kids these days don't know how to talk to people because they spend so much time on computers and cell phones. I agree with them, and it makes me wonder how kids with talk with each other fifty years from now. People need to spend less time on Facebook, and spend more time actually being with the person.
I think all of us are semi addicted to facebook. But I don't think Im depended upon it.
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