Facebook

There is a lot of controversy about facebook. Facebook is a social networking website that allows students to stay in touch with hundreds of friends and acquaintences. It truly is a great website, however there are many disadvantages as well. A majority of the people that use facebook are either high school or college students. These users often times forget of the dangers facebook sets them up for. People openly give vital pieces of information out on thier facebook pages without thinking twice about it. For example, many people that use facebook post where they live, thier phone number, email adress, pictures, etc. These are things that most students don't worry about. They don't think about what could happen by providing basically anyone with this information. It is true that anyone that wants to can find a way to get access to anyones facebook page. Not only is this dangerous in the sense of strangers finding out too much information about students. Possible employers are also able to access these pages. Some potential employees at companies have lost job opportunities because of the pictures (drinking) and other personal information given on facebook. This has hurt many people's futures and lost them jobs they could have had. So although facebook seems like nothing but fun and games, there are also many dangers of using it. I'm not saying students shouldn't use facebook. I am saying whoever decides to use facebook should be very careful about who they allow to see this information and careful about the information they are posting.