1. Social media sites can provide both advantages and disadvantages for users. The advantages include worldwide connectivity, commonality of interest among users, and real-time information sharing. However, social media also lacks emotional connection, can be a source of hurt for people, and decreases face-to-face communication skills. 2. There are some cases where social media sites like Facebook have had dangerous consequences, such as a father murdering his ex-wife over posts or a man killing his friend for poking his girlfriend. Discriminatory content on social media has also caused fights and damaged peace. 3. While social media has become very common, it is important to be aware of disadvantages and limit use to avoid potential problems for

1. Muhammad Osama Jahangir
BS-Software Engineering

3. Most popular social sites:

5. Most popular social site of
Pakistan:
Created by Mark Zukerberg
 So called made for connecting people
Attractive interface
Sharing feelings, pictures, videos, etc
Chatting ……

6. Advantages
1. Worldwide Connectivity
Finding friends
Seeking a new job
Locating assistance
Getting and giving product and service referrals
Receiving support from like-minded individuals
Making or receiving advice on career or personal issues
2. Commonality of Interest
Connecting digitally
Those individuals whose likes and dislikes are similar
Meet with your friends anytime

7. Advantages
3. Real-Time Information Sharing
Exchange information in real-time via a chat
Great feature for teachers to use to facilitate classroom
discussions
4. Free Advertising
Get the word out about your upcoming fundraiser
You can spread the word through social networking
profiles for free.
Promote one product, service or idea

8. Advantages
5. Increased News Cycle Speed
Many news organizations now partner with social
networking sites
One can get a sense of what is going on in the world
Social networking updates rapidly spread news and
information.

9. Disadvantages
1. Lacks Emotional Connection
2. Source to hurt people
3. Decreases Face-to-Face Communication Skills
4. Conveys Inauthentic Expression of Feelings
5. Diminishes Understanding and Thoughtfulness

10. Disadvantages
6. Causes Face-to-Face Interactions to Feel
Disconnected
7. Facilitates Laziness
8. Creates a Skewed Self-Image
9. Reduces Family Closeness
10. Causes Distractions

11. Does it connects people or destroys people?
Some cases where sites like facebook acted as a silent killer:
1. Dad Murders Ex-Wife to Stop Her Child Support FB Posts
2. Man Kills His Friend for "Poking" His Girlfriend
3. Wife Killed For Changing FB Status to Single
4. Being Grounded from MySpace Drives Teen to Shoot His Dad
5. Teen Gang Plans Public Murder on Facebook Chat

12. Some other aspects:
•Some pages or groups on sites like
facebook spreading discrimination…
•Discrimination like cultural, religious and
many other …
•Videos or pictures posted on these pages
cause fights which destroy the peace.

13. •These sites have now become a need of every person
•But the use should be limited
•By keeping the advantages and disadvantages of these sites in
mind
•One should keep it self away from those things that cause
problem for own life and other lives connected.