Internet nowadays is a huge obsession. It is the main place where young
people spend the majority of their time. From its apparition people’s vision of
life has changed a lot.
The first and most important
argument in this direction is the fact that if 10-15 years ago children loved
to play outside with many other kids, today they would never choose to go outside
rather than to play some computer games. I think it happens because in online
games they have more freedom. There everything seems easy; they just sit in
chair and still have fun, which is great because children today are very lazy. Another
advantage they see in internet is the possibility to speak to more people than they
could speak in reality, and make many new friends. From this point of view, it
is not even strange when teenagers say they have thousands of friends. They
really do, but these are just some numbers in a social network, not true
friends capable to help and give them an advice. I know that people say that
children prefer virtual friends to real ones, but I don’t think it is really
like that. In my opinion, children want real friends but they cannot make them,
maybe because they are less sociable and friendly. In the virtual world it is
easier for them to open, and to say what they think because they won’t be
judged for what they say, as nobody knows them in reality.
To sum up, I would say that it
doesn’t even matter how many friends do we have on social networks, as I said
it is just a number, I think what really matters are those real friends we have
near. It could be just one or two persons, but if you are sure of their
friendship, you should keep them as long as possible.