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Social media, angel or devil?
What is social media?
Social media refers to websites and applications that are designed to allow people to share content quickly, efficiently, and in real-time. The ability to share photos, opinions, events, etc in real-time has transformed the way we live and, also, the way we do business.

Social Media is a tool that is becoming quite popular these days because of its user-friendly features. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more are giving people a chance to connect with each other across distances. In other words, the whole world is at our fingertips all thanks to social media. The youth is especially one of the most dominant users of social media. All this makes you wonder that something so powerful and with such a massive reach cannot be all good. Like how there are always two sides to a coin, the same goes for social media. Subsequently, different people have different opinions on this debatable topic. The truth to be told social media has its own advantages and disadvantages.

 Social media is a controversial topic in today’s society. Some people think that social media destroys human interaction and real-life human relationships. While others think that social media is a blessing to humanity. Social media makes human interaction much more convenient and much faster than real-life human interaction, it makes globalization a reality, it gives a chance for introverted people to express themselves, and it also benefits develop international relationships whether its business or social. Social media makes it easy for people to communicate and interact with each other anytime anywhere in the world. People can stay connected to their families and loved ones no matter how far they are from each other.

There are many advantages of social media like it has made communication a lot more easier than ever before. Now, with a touch of a button people could communicate with anybody any where in the world. Websites such as Facebook makes communication with others an easy task. Facebook improved commucnication and even made communication a better experience. Facebook allow peole to share photos, post comments, and view people’s personal information. With almost 500 million users accounts, facebook is considered to be one of the most popular social media websites,most of the people use it as a substitute for real life human interaction. According to Forbes, there are about 1 billion social media accounts all over the world, these accounts makes almost all of the countries of the world connected with each other. Social media is very common in today’s modern world, social media is considered to be one of humanity’s greatest achievements and accomplishments. Never before humans were connected to each other as in today’s world. and almost everybody has a Facebook account, there are about 500 million Facebook accounts. Facebook allows its users to chat with each other, to see each other’s pictures, and to comment on any post. Which is very useful in the business and marketing world. 
As they say, a coin has two sides. Even social media has two faces good and bad. It depends on the user. So far we have seen the pros now we will see the cons of social media. Social media posts cannot be entirely deleted. Social media use is associated with disorders. Students who are heavy social media users tend to have grades. Social media can exacerbate feelings of disconnect and put children at higher risk for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, eating disorders and even suicide. Criminals can use social media to find their targets. Social media can be a  and use up hours that you can’t get back. Advertising practices of social media sites may create an invasion of privacy . Social media facilitates sexting, which can lead to revenge porn, criminal charges and a proliferation of personal images. Social media se can cause personality and brain disorders, ADHD and-centered personalities—particularly in.
So far we have seen the advantages and disadvantages of it.in short we can say that it  all depends on the user at the end. The youth must particularly create a balance between their academic performances, physical activities, and social media. Excess use of anything is harmful and the same thing applies to social media. Therefore, we must strive to live a satisfying life with the right balance.