Chapter 15, Problem 4TQ

Explanation of Solution

Social networking site:

A social networking site (SNS) is an online platform, which is used by the people to build a social networks or social relationship with other peoples who share similar career or personal interest, backgrounds, activities, and real-life connections.

• People can use “21” top social networking site regularly such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Messenger, YouTube, Instagram, WeChat, and so on.

Types of social networking sites:

Regularly used social networking sites are as follows:

Facebook:

• Facebook is a type of social networking site used to create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and can send messages.
• Some features of Facebook are as follows,
  • It is used to communicate with other users.
  • It is used to add a post.
  • User can give like, reactions, and comments for the post or anything...

Explanation of Solution

Abuses of social networking technology:

Loss of privacy:

• One of the major problems that can come with the use of social networking site is the loss of individual privacy.
• The social networking site places individual or personal information on the internet so other people can easily see and abuse that information.
• The social networking site includes some privacy settings, but many young people can be careless about this.

Time consumption:

• More time spent on social networking sites affect the people’s health and this causes the poor mental health, including symptoms of anxiety and depression...