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By way of introduction, social networks and the new electronic gadgets have supposed to be a key breakthrough in our society, especially in young people. These developments are becoming available to more and more people faster than it is expected. However, they involve some advantages, but also some disadvantages, which I am going to explain now:

Regarding the advantages, the internet makes it possible to access and navigate websites to look for information more easily, in the case of students for example. For us, it is easier to look for what we need going online than search it in books. It also allows holding records and printing files, which makes easier the way of studying and doing homework. Laptops are very useful in terms of taking notes. Maybe a teacher talks very fast, and typing on the computer instead of writing by hand makes the process of taking notes very easy. Also mobiles are very useful. With them you can take pictures wherever you go and hold them in the mobile memory, as well as retouch them or modify as you like. Furthermore, with mobiles and laptops you have an easier access to “apps”, like WhatsApp, Twitter, or Facebook, the most popular ones. With them you can talk to people without paying money, you can share pictures, or you are also able to post what are you doing and in general, what you want.

However, this social networks, or as I said before, “apps” involve a lot of disadvantages which can be very serious. For example, posting and sharing everything by Twitter or Facebook allows everyone to know about your life and your intimate life. Besides, in the future when you get a job, your boss will be able to search your name on the internet, and know everything about you. In relation to the app WhatsApp, it must be used as a tool to talk to people, but in a reasonable way. You cannot be “on line” 24 hours a day, because it will affect your social life and even your health.

In conclusion, unfortunately some people think how they could live before without social networks, and they give more importance to them than to their friends or family. For this reason, the internet and the “apps” must be used with responsibility and respecting each other’s intimate life. In this way, these developments will be a very useful advantage and not a disadvantage.