The disadvantages of social network. They reduce or eliminate face-to-face socialization. Because of the autonomy afforded by the virtual world, individuals are free to create a fantasy persona and can pretend to be someone else. Some people may use a fake profile, just because the say they are fifteen years old doesn’t mean that is true. Be careful when you choose to be someone posts unkind or untrue things about you. Unfortunately, this feature of online socialization cheats people of the opportunity to learn how to resolve conflicts in the world outside the Internet and it could retard or cripple one's social skills developments. The last one, they can be a real distraction and time waster, some people spend many hours on social networking rather than be working or studying. While it is true that some of that time is likely spent in making and maintaining important business, social or professional connections, it is also true that it is easy to become distracted and end up spending valuable time on games, chats or other non-related activities.