One of the major cons of social networking is the distraction it causes in everyday lives. Many of us can’t go an hour without checking for updates and this can cause us to get distracted from what’s really important in life. Instead of focusing on work, school and family, we spend majority of our time online looking for the next juicy status update, headline or photograph. Social networking is supposed to help individuals learn and grow. Instead, every time we are on a social site, we feel unproductive and distracted. It is fast changing from a platform where we communicate with others into a platform where we advertise oneself to others.