Pros and Cons Of The Internet

For a principal fact one must understand what the internet as a whole is. This will allow any individual to be able to know the advantages and disadvantages of the internet to the society as a whole. From the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary the internet is defined as “an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world.” But in my point of view the internet is just a means to stay in contact with the world being it negative or positive. Communication started from the very huge telephones to the very huge mobile phones that were difficult to carry and not owned by the majority. Then it moved to the smaller and more sophisticated mobile phones which can be used in communication including having access to the internet. One of the greatest advantages in this case is that the internet can even be carried in the pocket. Personally when I am given an address to go to a place I don’t know I go straight to goggle the address on the internet and I am giving out the exact directions making life very convenient even in terms of movements. With websites like Face book and Twitter people from all over the world are able to get into contact with friends and family no matter what continent or part of the world they are. Not forgetting a website like Skype can actually make people see each other whiles communicating or chatting. Getting addicted to a website like Face book can be very dangerous to both individuals and the society as a whole. People at their work places can leave their work undone and rather “face book” their work time. Kids will sit in the bus and “Face book” the whole time and forget to get off at the right stop because they were concentrating on their addiction- Face book.
Emails are a very good way in communicating with people all over the world. But emails once sent can never be erased whether the message was good or bad. On the other hand instead of sending a letter through the post to each individual at a work place and risking the fact the letters can be lost emails are better options. On the whole the internet has its pros and cons depending on how it is used and what it is used for. In Africa there is a proverb that goes like “one man’s meat is another man’s poison”. So the internet can be very good for one person but to another it can be a massive destruction.