Social media has become massively popular in recent years and for good reason. There are a lot of benefits to using social media. While not everybody will agree that it is a good thing and there are certainly some disadvantages to it on the whole it would be fair to say that the benefits outweigh the negatives. This is a big part of why social media has become so popular.
The main pro of social media is that it allows you to interact with far more people than you would otherwise be able to. This means that you can be exposed to a far wider array of opinions than you would otherwise be. In addition you will be able to share your opinion with a lot more people. These interactions have certainly made the world smaller since you can interact with people from anywhere. That being said most people do tend to limit who they interact with to people who have similar beliefs to them.
Another great benefit of social media is that it makes it very easy to organize events. If you want to organize an event in the past one of the biggest challenges that you would have was getting all of the information to people. Nowadays you can simply use the social media sites and the information is available for all of your friends to see. In fact the biggest issue that you are going to face is making sure that the people that you don't want to see it don't get the information. Despite this drawback it is a very convenient way to pass on information.
A lot of people are starting to use social networking for business reasons and this is proving to be one of the most valuable uses. Social networking is just that a way to network, everybody knows that networking is critical for things like finding a job. This is why we are starting to see sites appear that are designed specifically for networking for professional reasons. Again the advantage is that you can network with a lot more people than you would be able to if you had to do it in person.
Perhaps the best reason for social networking is that it is fun. People can and do spend hours a day on social networking sites interacting with their friends. It is a good way to stay in touch and to find out what is going on their lives. In addition there are all kinds of games and similar things that you can do on these sites. There does not have to be a useful purpose for using social media, you can use it simply because you enjoy using it. Ultimately this is why most people do it and there is nothing wrong with that.