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“The dark side of Facebook”
Lillian M. Caballero Hernández

With more than 500 million active users and more than 70 translations, in 2011, there is no doubt that Facebook came to our world to stay, so I took the chance to ask others about what Facebook means to them and see why Facebook is so important. One of the answers was: “For me it is a way to entertain myself but for others, itis their real life”. In that moment I understood how important Facebook is to our generation and why the statistics says that it is the #1 social network. This means that everything that has to do with it, affects everyone in a certain way. In that point, people should know everything about these kinds of social networks, and also their disadvantages to our society before subscribing to it. Sinceeverything has a bad side, Facebook is not the exception. But apparently, those 500 million active users do not want to know it. Here are some realities that people should have in mind at the moment of opening a new account on Facebook. Let’ discover the dark side of Facebook!
When was the last time you talked for a while with your parents; enjoyed a long conversation with your friends faceto face, or simply met new people without sending a “request”? Maybe, right now you are trying to find the answers to those questions, but it seems to you that it was really a long time, and it is impossible to remember. Well, the answer is simple; “Facebook is to blame”. Why? Some people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. Also, there is Facebook Mobile which 250 million usersaccess every day. This means that you do not need a computer to be on Facebook because you have the access right in your hands. The question is: why don’t people communicate and why don’t you remember the last time you had a conversation with your family and friends? The principal purpose to create Facebook was to interact with others, meet new people, search for old friends and establish contactwith them again, but right now the real purpose has changed. People are so connected to their Facebook that they loss the real communication. I remember when in my house the light went off and everyone in my home looked for the UNO cards and started to play. Right now, everyone takes their cell phones and starts putting in their Facebooks: “Bored in my house without light”. The loss ofcommunication is one of the things that Facebook brought and is not being recognized.
Another thing people should know is the fact of losing a precious time that will never come back. Right now, I am at the cafeteria of my college writing this essay to convince others or trying to inform others about the dark side of Facebook, and ironically there are like a hundred laptops on, in the homepage ofFacebook, and at the end there is a lot of time wasted because people are trying to know others people’s life. What I don’t really understand is that we are in the moment of the academic year that everyone has to study for the final tests and everyone is wasting their time in Facebook, and when they get home, they are depressed because the final test is tomorrow and they haven’t studied. Also, they putin their status: “Tomorrow I have test and I haven’t studied… lol”. This situation does not make sense to me, but it makes me realize that “Facebook is to blame”.
When you think about weapons, you could think about a pistol, a knife or maybe a bat, but what if I say that Facebook is a weapon? No! That can’t be possible! Yes, it is. Facebook is used by murderers as an instrument to commitcrimes, like assassinations. Months ago, Facebook offered to the users to put on their status were they are and the place that they put is in a form of a link; that means that the person that has access to your profile can know where you are. Also, by accessing to the link of the place, Facebook gives you a map of the place. It is fantastic to know that murderers can now have our life in a gold...