Name: Liv Yeh (99712404)
Reaction Article # 4
Date: 5/8/2009
From: Time

Does Facebook Replace Face Time or Enhance It?
(http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1871627,00.html)

What would life be like without technology? It would be difficult to travel very far, and would take much longer to make things. And can you image a world without telephones, televisions, or computers? Modern technology makes our lives easier and more enjoyable.

Nowadays we have the so-called Facebook. It is a social networking website and its users can create and customize their own profiles with photos, videos, and information about themselves. It has also the ability to add applications to your profile. There are also hundreds of video game applications that allow users to play small video games. Facebook provides an easy way for friends, family members who are working abroad to keep in touch and for individuals to have a presence on the web without needing to build a website.

Although Facebook is very beneficial to the society as I mentioned above, but it would be a bit destructive if children use it without proper guidance by parents. Devoting too much time on Facebook can cause bad effect on their studies and leads to poor physical health because they have no time for outdoor activities. Once they are addicted to such computer games, it is really hard to divide their times for some important activities. Also, some children might be a victim of fraud because this time some strangers are using internet and other forms of telecommunication to victimize innocent children. Not only for youths but also for adults who get into an intimate relationship through online dating, getting into a relationship with whom you don’t know in personal has more disadvantages. It might lead to a frustrating affair, and early broken-hearted. Generally speaking, Facebook is very useful to the society if you learn to use it properly. (289 words)