Tired of social networking

   I use four social networking sites. They are Facebook, twitter, mixi(one of the social networking site in Japan) and Myspace. I use Facebook and twitter on a daily basis. When I was in Japan, I used them very often even if I did’t have a reason to see them. When I had a little time, I open them unconsciously. In short, seeing social networking sites was being a habit. I think I was addicted to use social networking sites. A lot of my friends are also use plural social networking sites and often use them like me. 

    Now, many people use social networking sites and we can communicate with others easily. On the other hand, I often hear about defects of social networking sites these days. One of them is being tried of social networking sites. By using social networking sites, people get more opportunities to communicate with others and know about others’ lives. A social networking site is a tool to “connect”. However, the connection can make people feel stress.

   Some days ago, I saw an article. According to the article, “Positive images of friends enjoying holidays, commenting on their happy lives or simply posting pet pictures was enough to trigger feelings of jealousy, experts from Berlin's Humboldt University and Darmstadt's Technical University found.” In short, by seeing people’s lives, some people feel jealous, stress and isolation. Moreover, “The academics said people who surfed a lot on such sites were in danger of becoming socially isolated and depressed.”  As you see from it, if you use social networking too much, they can cause bad effects for us.

   Therefore, it might be good to make rules about using social networking sites. Using them moderately and thinking balance of relationship between Internet communication and real communication are important.