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Class VII

INTRODUCTION: Facebook friendship has become a new trend with the advent of social networking websites.
Facebook is one of the most popular and common social networking websites. It is easier to be connected to
people via Facebook these days. With the help of only a few clicks, one may be able to build up friendship with a
person residing in another continent.

REAL FRIENDS AND FACEBOOK FRIENDS: There is a huge difference between friends in real life and friends in
virtual life. Real friends are usually our buddies, pals and acquaintances whom we have known for the better part
of our lives. They are people who know us as the person we are and they understand our feelings and emotions.
However, in Facebook we could be friends with people whom we have never met or seen before. Our virtual
friends do not have a clue about us nor do we have about them.

FRUITFUL FRIENDSHIP: It is very rare that friendships created on Facebook get to the point of realization when two
people actually meet each other in person and hang out with each other. Other than this, a majority of friendships
fall short of being called an actual friendship and is only limited to chatting over Facebook.

DISADVANTAGES OF FACEBOOK FRIENDSHIP: The disadvantage is also that if we accept a friendship from unknown
people, they will have access to our personal data and it could be misused. Even the photos and messages posted
by us, is open to all and the photos can be misused.

CONCLUSION: Facebook friendships are virtual friendships and nowhere near the actual friendship, where there
is a lot of sharing with another person. The emotions and feelings of a person cannot always be expressed on a
portal, joy and happiness cannot always be experienced by typing those words on a chat box. It is high time that
people realized that Facebook friendship do not reach the point of bonding most of the time.
Sathya Sathish, VII B

Facebook friends are the same as a real life friend. These aren’t
people you met on Facebook. Once you determine that the
person sending a friend request is a friend of a friend, you can
accept the request and engage in a conversation with them.
Facebook has a lot of fake profiles that have been made by
malicious users, criminal and other stalking men and women.
These profiles bear the same information and photos as that of
one’s friend to lure the innocent people to accept their friend
requests. Once the request is accepted, these fake profiles
get complete license to view all the personal information of
the targeted persons and they may indulge in objectionable
behavior. Such fake profiles have been the cause of misery
and trauma of many people on Facebook, especially girls and
gullible boys.
To prevent from falling prey to the fake identities on Facebook,
one has to change his or her privacy settings on Facebook.
Better yet, think twice before accepting requests.
K. S. Neeraj, VII A