Are social networking sites effective, or are they just a sophisticated means for stalking people

With the advent of technology like social networking has made tremendous strides influencing the lives of every individual. It is smarter and faster means to communicate among professionals from varied dialects. By using social networks, one can share views, ideas, debate and arrive at conclusions. Life would be beyond imagination without these social networks! These are useful for information, communication and to be remain in contact with your friends.

The modern technology have also made it easier for people to stalk. In the past stalkers had to use so much of there time to find where their victims would head off to or like where their victims lived. Social networking services had made huge innovation to the stalkers and give them opportunity to gather large amounts of information and insight into us. If they can access an email account, they can read our correspondence, find contacts, send out emails that can embarrass people around them. Use of social networking sites can be negatively distract education. Experiments prove that 60% of students failed to achieve good marks in examinations due to more usage of social networking sites.