My argument against social media will give people insight into my views on why I believe it is harmful to individuals for several reasons. I'll start by saying that when these networks were first developed, their mission was quite honorable and simple. Social media was a place where people could just meet and generally converse. We now live in the age of technology where the information on these sites is now being used against us. I'm talking specifically about the integrity of the information these sites currently hold about their members. Many members of social networks are truly unaware of the dangers that their personal information on these sites can pose to the present, past and future. For example, Facebook is a very popular site and it attracts thousands of people daily to interact on various events (e.g. job search, meetings, relationship search, etc.), but I warn you not to put too much personal information. here because it can be used to lure you into a false sense of security and play on your emotional state of mind. Using emotional appeals through social media sites is a powerful tool. After individuals compare their dating experience with others in a top-down manner through the social networking site, connecting with others with similar concerns about dating may alleviate the person's depression or even improve your self-esteem. We especially need to pay close attention to our children when surfing these sites. There are so many dangers that we must be wary of. The potential for pedophiles pretending to be someone else to lure children into bad situations. The data could also...... middle of paper ...... a lot of these social media sites for granite because these threats are not reported as often as they should be. Many teens and adults are having to reevaluate whether they can put information on one of these sites, or even access them altogether. Social media communities need to return to the original core meaning of their sites. The key word being social, it is not about expansion or profit but about socializing in a human way in an insane world. So if you decide to join one or more social networking sites, I leave you with this warning, there are many shameless, heartbroken, dumped boyfriends, rejected girlfriends, and I just want to say that people generally use these sites to get a lot of revenge, so you should take all necessary precautions to ensure that they do not have this data to harm or harm you mentally, psychologically or financially.