Social Networking: It is what you make of it

There is no denying it, social networking whether you like it or not has become a part of are everyday digital life and looks like it has no intentions of going anywhere.  It seems that everyone I have talked to, ”social networking” has become a part of their every day routine to the point where many depend on it.  You know it is bad when people give up faceboook for lent.  There is a reason for why over 9.4 million people have registered with facebook and that 65% of those users are logging into the site everyday  But is social networking all that it is cracked up to be.  Is this level of dependence healthy or necessary?

I beleive Social networking is what you make of it.  While my answer may appear to sort of on the fence, I really believe that in this case it is the only way to answer it.  I think that becuase the social networks such as facebook and myspace are user based, it is all on the user as to how much time and effort is put into it.  Sure sights like myspace and facebook are getting crtisized for stealing countless hours of peoples day or preventing the use of actual social skills to interact with others, but who is responsible for that.  At the end of the day, the individual users who are logging in and spending these hours are.  To be honest I am not the biggest fan of facebook and mypspace, however I realize that we live in a 2.0 world and that these sites, while often criticized, will undoubtedly play in an important role in the future.  Social networking is not an issue of like or dislike, but it is the way it is.