What Are The Pros And Cons Of Using Social Networking Websites Such As Myspace?

Social networking websites are a great way of keeping in touch with family and friends. You can post blogs, share photos, use instant messaging (Myspace has its own instant messaging service), make comments and add people to your friends list.

Social networking sites allow you to create a profile, where you can share your interests with other users and also, you can make new friends. These type of sites, Myspace in particular, are also used people such as bands or authors to build up friends in order to generate interest in their music and books.

On the downside though, there is also the chance of people's profiles being hacked or identities being stolen. On Myspace, users have the option of setting their profile to private so that only their friends can view it, and on Facebook, visitors must register with the site before they can search for friends.

Another downside is that sites such as Myspace, which allow users to add their own background, are often very slow due to backgrounds taking up a lot of memory. This has led to users' computers crashing every time they got onto a profile which uses up a lot of memory. Also, because these types of sites have millions of users, errors can often occur.

Pro's
They allow education and outlets for creativity
They connect people all around the world
They allow socialization and meeting new friends
Con's
Its a form of imaginary friendships and lazy people
There is a higher risk of identity theft and fraud
Online predators and stalkers have easy access through these sites

You talk to your family not in the country and put pics of you growing up and everything plus... IT'S FUN