Question 4: Book-Face

Though it is not something that you can hold in your hand and manipulate I still consider it to be an invention, an ingenious one at that, and I truly believe the creators never fathomed the vast amount of information that would become Facebook. However I believe that our world today would be a better place without Facebook because the social networking site allows for hours to be wasted, privacy to be breached and cyber-bullying to take place. I know that I am just as guilty as the next person about wasting hours upon hours checking out Facebook and then if you think about it I pretty much wasted hours stalking my friends Facebook and delving into their “private” life. Facebook opens up numerous avenues for people to search you and find out everything they can about you. Companies admit to checking up on a potential employee on Facebook before hiring them checking into an individual’s character based on what they see in pictures and statuses. When it comes to cyber-bullying social networking sites like Facebook make it easy to slam a peer especially when you don’t have to actually face them to tell them how ugly they are or how much you hate them. Therefore, life without Facebook could potentially provide people with more time to do other things in life like work or spend time with family and friends. It could also save people a lot of frustration and hurt because they wouldn't be sharing their lives with the world and bullies wouldn't be stalking the internet for prey. The problem with Facebook is that young adults do not realize that once something is posted to the internet it never goes away and anyone can find it including the police, teachers, colleges, and future employers.