Social Networking

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When considering, "what are social networks used for," keep in mind that they can be in use for many things, good and bad. Many of the ways that they can be used are beneficial to corporate world and also do much more. Some of the way they are beneficial are as follows:

·         They can improve the customer images of the business.

·         Can be used to get feedback on new products and services in a business.

·         Help connect friends, far overseas family.

·         Social networks allows in sharing idea and the creating dialog.

·         Allows people to network with others to find jobs.

We can see that online social networking are beneficial in many ways. They help eliminate many of the difficulties of the offline world. I believe social networking will take the corporate world in new level in future.

However, as it has good side it also has dark side too. Hateful online behavior can become a real problem for social media users. Cyberbullying is harassment through text, email, and messages on social media, with significances for the targets reaching from anxiety and even resulting to suicide in some cases. There are many forms of cyberbullying such including  stalking, revealing personal information, insults and threats. According to John Pepiewski in techwalla.com  hackers stole the Facebook records of 6 million users. Stealing personal information through social networking is number one negative impact that the society facing.