Example paragraph for social networking is helpful

 Is social networking helpful or harmful? Why?

    Social networking is beneficial because it can help you find people with similar interests all over the world. When you find a new hobby, there are not always people with whom you can share pleasure, especially if your interests are not so popular, or you are a shy person. But on social networks, there are always at least a couple of groups where people with the same hobbies as yours share their impressions and experiences, discuss something and even arrange meetings with each other. In “Social Networking Benefits Validated,” Karen Goldberg Goff mentioned that during a time when there were no social networks, people with specific interests felt lonely. In other words, people sometimes think that they are isolated because they cannot find friends with similar interests in their environment, but social networks can help with this. For example, that’s indeed what happened to me when I was 11 years old. I have always loved reading, but at school, I could not find friends who also liked it because everyone around me preferred to go for a walk or watch cartoons. But when Facebook appeared, my life changed because I was able to find a bunch of groups for people who were interested in talking about the books they had read or were only planning to read. I felt happy when I arrived home from school and logged into Facebook because it was significant for me that others could hear me and share pleasure from reading with me. Obviously, social networks help search for like-minded people. (257 words)

    Along with finding friends with shared hobbies, social networks can help you to be aware of what is happening in your surroundings. We all have different circles of communication in which something is constantly happening: work, study, housing community, friends, etc. With the help of social networks, you can find out about changes in plans at work, the latest news from your friends, or about the latest trends in your area almost instantly. According to Karen Goldberg Goff, in “Social Networking Benefits Validated,” if you don’t have an account in social networks, you are behind the curve. Therefore, you cannot be fully informed about all events that are happening around you. To specify this, when I was 15, I decided to take a break from social networking and deleted all my accounts. At the same time, I bet with my friend that I could live without Facebook for at least a month. In the first week, I began to notice that I often did not know what was happening in my class or did not understand the jokes that my friends were laughing at. They stopped inviting me for walks and stopped having conversations with me. It seemed to me that I was left behind. After I won the challenge, I was relieved to return to the social networks, and I did not repeat such experiments. Indeed, social networking assists you in keeping abreast of the latest news from your environment. (240 words)

 

First original sentence from the article: Before social networking, the one kid in school who was, say, a fan of Godzilla or progressive politics might find himself isolated.

Second original sentence from the article: If you are not on Facebook, then you are not in the loop.