The Art of Balancing.

I am going to lay my view on the pros and cons of social networking sites. I think it was in 2005 i first heard of this social networking site called Orkut, from there the journey begins. Some time back Orkut was the leader in India but now Facebook has replaced it. Now a days everyone is having a FB profile like ration card.

First the advantages. 1) In this fast phased life we are not able to keep in touch with people so often, its a difficult thing to contact each and everyone separately, in that case SN is an advantage. Even if you log in for 30mins you can keep in touch with everyone at one place. 2) You can be well aware of what's happening around you because news spreads so fast in these SN sites. 3) If you are talented in something you can share it there and get applause and recognition. 4) It never makes you feel alone.

Now the disadvantages. According to me the only disadvantage i see is, people are getting so much addicted to it. Without their knowledge they slowly start to ignore the real life persons who are around them and start spending too much of time with strangers. For many people FB has become life. These sites are for relaxing not to spend the whole day in it. Many people don't want to accept the fact that they are offending the people around them.

I am not saying that we should not use these sites but we should know how to balance between virtual friends and real life people. If we don't then we are the loser.