Many people tend to say that technology has made us secluded and awkward. I believe that they are wrong, for technology has actually made us more connected and social. Technology has been improving for many years now and will continue to do so even when our generation ends. Many people tend to say that technology has not done us any good and never will, and that's where their wrong. For, technology has allowed us to connect with people that we probably would have never talked to if not for technology. Technology has allowed us to communicate with family members in whole other city's countries, and continents. Technology has brought humanity together by the means of the internet, phone, and many more.

 The internet is a technology that has brought many people closer together and for that reason it's a global phenomenon. For instance family members that couldn't talk to each other because of such a large distance are now able to send emails to each other using many various websites. They are also able to talk face to face with some websites and this is all thanks to technology. These websites are called social networking websites, these websites are mainly meant for socializing, in other words talking and communicating. The main social networking websites are called yahoo, twitter, Facebook and Skype which all rely on the internet. Without the internet many family members and friends would be split further apart since they wouldn't have any form of contact. Thanks to the internet we can still keep contact no matter where or how far they are, thus bringing us close together.

 Now, not all social networking websites are all the same and some carry major differences than others. For instance Facebook is where you go to make friends and where you usually chat with random strangers, so in short form where you get meet new people and befriend them. While twitter is mainly a place where people just bring search for conversations they find interesting or talk to people with the same similarities as them. Facebook is also meant for people to interact for hours on end and keep on posting updates. While twitter is more of chatting for a few minutes than going onto another conversation and than moving onto another. All in all though these are both social websites that bring people together and meet people with the same interests. Without the internet none of this would be possible. Websites that are similar to Facebook are yahoo, Myspace, and facestar. While websites similar to twitter are tumbler, Skype, and daily booth.  

 Now let's go deeper into some of these social websites like Facebook. Facebook is a website that was originally meant for college students to connect and share a variety of information. Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckenburg while at Harvard University. By, 2006 anyone over the age of 13 with a email address could join Facebook. Currently there are over 1.1 billion people using Facebook, this means that there are over 1.1 billion people connected with each other having multiple conversations and meeting new friends, so they are all being connected and brought together by Facebook. Facebook isn't just a place where you just hold conversations, it also carry's many smaller features that connects people even more. For instance Facebook allows users to holds these things called events, which is a way for members to let friends know about upcoming events their community and to organize social gatherings. 

Now you know that the internet does not seclude and make us socially awkward like most adults say. It in fact makes us more open and more social. Please comment and voice an opinion




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