Facebook has been growing and reaching a large crowd day by day and has become one of the most widely used social platforms of recent times, but do you think Facebook is really a good thing. Behind all its advantages and amazing cover, there lie several long-term disadvantages which we have failed to see. Facebook has many privacy as well as trust issues which we have overlooked.
First of all, the major problem with Facebook is that its terms of service is not at all user-friendly and focuses more on the interest of the company. Along with this, there are several privacy issues with Facebook. Facebook brought several changes in its privacy policy, but what its effects on the users will be is not clearly explained. Facebook along with knowing and owning our information, also tends to make it available to the public for advertising purposes. This is unethical as well as pose a threat to our privacy. Another major way in which Facebook bullies us comes at the time in which we actually want to get rid of it. Facebook doesn’t provide an easier option to delete your account completely, instead, it just gives the option to deactivate it which is same as not using Facebook frequently. For completely deleting your account, you have to search for a link and then delete it. Even after deleting the account, Facebook doesn’t guarantee that the user data will be completely deleted.
Talking from a more individual perspective the biggest reason behind not using Facebook is not these privacy and trust issues, but the implications this social media site is having on our social life. One of the worse ways to which it affects us it that it consumes a lot of our time which could’ve have used for several other purposes. Rather than having a virtual social life, we can actually live in the real society and enjoy our time with our real friends. According to various studies and researches, Facebook makes us jealous, as well as, lower our self-esteem and make us compare ourselves with others. Quitting Facebook will not only be beneficial in having a better social life but also make us have a positive life. Not using Facebook is not a choice which is based on the just privacy and security issues of the site, but it is primarily based on the positive changes we want to see in our lives.
