The BAD Part of Social Networking

I haven't seen very many problems with social networking. but I guess that's only if it is used right. Social Networking is meant for posting statuses and pictures on some, and keeping up with friends and some people you don't see very often. People now use it for bullying others through a computer screen. I know not all cyber bullying gets reported and some people end up dead from committing suicide, and others suffer from depression and anxiety. I personally don't see the benefit from bullying others. How can that make someone feel good about them self? Another thing commonly found on social networking is sexual predators. Even though to sign up for most websites it says you have to be 18-years-old, but it's not hard to lie. Knowing that younger children can lie and say they are older, it should be obvious to people that older people can say they are younger. I don't think everyone completely understands that. An old many can have a page set up to look like he is a teenager, he could use younger pictures of himself or even just get pictures of someone else off the internet. Then they go and add all the young girls, some they probably know and others off of those girls friends' list. Soon they will message them and have a little chat going, probably saying things along the line of "I like your smile I see in your pictures" or "you're very pretty," trying to get some emotional connection. If a girl goes for the bait the man will keep escalating until probably trying to get pictures or meeting with them. If girls aren't careful now and days they could bring a sexual predator to the house just by "checking in" on Facebook. When girls are younger they are wanting attention and their hormones are crazy and they are just starting to like boys and so on, so it's easy for some guys to get the attention of younger girls and if they meet up with each other the girl could get kidnapped then raped and/or killed. Parents should check their children's social networking sites probably once a day or at least as often as the child uses it. Also. make sure there is no suspicion of the child deleting things such as messages because they could try to hide a guy they like from you.

If you want to read more of effects of social networking I recommend:
http://socialmediatoday.com/karenn1617/1745751/effects-social-media-how-we-speak-and-write
or
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/4/800.full