5. Corporate Invasion of Privacy
Social networking invites major corporations to invade your privacy and sell your personal information. Have you ever posted a comment on Facebook, only to notice an advertisement appear with content related to your post? Last year, Facebook earned an estimated $16 billion in ad revenue That's not bad for a free site
If Facebook and other social networking sites don't charge their members, however, how do they make so much money? They do it by selling the ability tospecifically target advertisements On social networking sites, the website isn't the product users sites run algorithms that search for keywords, web browsing habits, and other data stored on your computer or social networking profile and provide you with advertisements targeted specifically to you.