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Hubert P. Jackson
October 10, 2013 • 7:18 pm
Dear Wendy, and other readers. I must agree with Evelyna, this article focuses on the negative side of Face Book. The argument itself is poorly written at that. I myself have complaints about Face Book but would not dare to comment without out evidence to support my claim. This article could have evidence from many sources to support any one of the claims above, however without any research listed I can only dismiss this article as rubbish. The article references some relatively bold statements which seem to give the entire article an appeal of nothing more than being a slippery-sob story. With one quick search I have found that some studies have found children who “looked at their own profile showed subjects exhibiting more confidence, as well as more self-affirmation, afterwards.” (http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/06/03/study-facebook-could-have-positive-effects-on-self-esteem-behavior/ on 10/10/13) This one study indicates the majority of your article false. I apologize if anyone has taken offense to my comment however i feel that if we are to argue against something as influential as Face Book the least we could attempt is to make an accurate example of what we expect. And this my friends is not what i want people to think about when they think of arguments against Face Book.
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http://www.millilinks.com/
February 4, 2013 • 2:51 am
Hi, I think your website might be having browser compatibility issues.
When I look at your website in Safari, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer,
it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads
up! Other then that, great blog!
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Wendy Melnick
February 4, 2013 • 8:33 am
Thanks for the heads up, but I don’t host the site, it belongs to WordPress.
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Evelyna
February 6, 2012 • 2:23 pm
While I appreciate that someone has made an attempt to tackle this difficult issue, I respectfully disagree with the thesis statement. Facebook may be problematic in regard to privacy, and distracting, but this does not necessarily make it worthless or bereft of purpose. From a business perspective, Facebook is an excellent means for advertising free of charge; pages designed to promote businesses can be made at no cost to the creator. For anyone hoping to promote a cause, or perpetuate discussion on a serious issue, Facebook can be equally useful; just recently, I used Facebook to advertise an anti-ACTA protest which attracted considerable attention from Westdale students. Because of Facebook, I was able to inform students of the dangers associated with the online treaty which will serve to censor the freedom of information which the Internet currently provides. Facebook can also be employed as it was originally intended to be; to network with friends, and to communicate. Regardless of personal opinion, Facebook is the most popular social networking site currently in existence, and to attempt to censor it within schools is completely futile. Even with blockers in place, students can easily access it using a simple hack which I cannot inform you of, for fear of endangering their continued trickery. Instead of trying to protect youth from the supposed dangers of social media, we should encourage them to use it in an intelligent and productive manner.
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RiverGuard
February 6, 2012 • 2:21 pm
Goodstuff.
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Vic
February 6, 2012 • 2:17 pm
This was a great article
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Chris Hampson-Curtis
February 6, 2012 • 2:13 pm
This is a well written article, however I disagree with some of your arguments. Facebook does not necessarily cause students to fall behind in school, it depends on how you use it. I know that for me, Facebook doesn’t interfere with my school work whatsoever, because I use it responsibly, and I’m not on there constantly. In other news, New York won the Superbowl!
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