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With several hundred users of Facebook all over the world and everyone posting comments, status updates, photos, videos and lots more, Facebook has emerged as a great means of communicating emotions but have you ever thought of the drawbacks of using Facebook? You would be amazed to know that there are plenty of reasons that why you should not use Facebook. Don’t you think the meaning of relationship and your lifestyle is changing because of Facebook and how it is unknowingly taking over us! Well, there are many more good reasons of why you should not use Facebook as follows:
Facebook is addictive. Wondering if you too are Facebook addict or not? Well if you leave your PCs or mobile phone on every time to stay updated with Facebook that means you are addicted to it. This adversely affects work, education, sleep, your personal life and a lot more. Studies have shown that people who use social networking excessively are likely to develop dangerous behaviors.
Facebook is a platform to share information but also it leads to over sharing. Savvy tech thieves can use your personal information like contact details, family, friends and other details through Facebook and may misuse them to steal your identity. Also your location can easily be known particularly when you are using location sites with Facebook.
Have you ever though what are long term benefits of Facebook. If not, think now and definitely you are going to get the answer in No benefit. Initially Facebook brings lots of joy, nostalgia and enthusiasm which later turns into normal and eventually it becomes boredom and time killing substance.
Sad but true that Facebook is not technically proficient enough to assure the privacy of your data. Say, the recent change is settings in which “Like” button makes it easy for spammers to access the user’s feed and spam their social network. Also the private data of user is shared with the apps they install which means the data is now not restricted to Facebook but application developers can also access it. In fact most people nowadays do not find comfortable in the latest modified privacy settings introduced by the Facebook.
Facebook is not going to make you any special. Undoubtedly you don’t want to be become a mindless Borg who is indulge in building just social network and not on one’s being. It’s high time to think beyond what an average or common man think. Be unique, be yourself and make your live special with good deeds and not good chatting.
Conclusion: It’s no surprise if you have never ever discovered these reasons because you are already involved addictively in this social networking site that you end up landing in a world where Facebook is your friend to share emotions, your Facebook friends to give sympathy or become happy in joy and speak your heart out over the internet and not in person. In long run, except for discovering friendships which probably do not last for long turns out to be a bad idea as the reasons to not to use Facebook outweighs its advantages in some way or the other.
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