The Consequences of Facebook’s Timeline for Pages. Facebook Effects on Society — Avoid Facebook. Often people proudly boast about the number of friends they have on Facebook. It is said that an average Facebook user has over 175 friends and the number simply increases if the user is a teenager or a user with a beautiful profile!!! Teenagers and young adults get glued to their Facebook account. More often than not, their day begins and ends with Facebook.
The viral effect is not just limited to youngsters. Homemakers too are a victim of this addiction. Although Facebook proclaims to be a chain of social networking, it is in fact digging a grave for an individual’s interpersonal skills. Losing your friends on Facebook? Maybe you are sharing too much. By Damien Gayle Published: 11:05 GMT, 21 June 2012 | Updated: 11:05 GMT, 21 June 2012 Everyone has at least one friend on Facebook who can't stop posting everything they do on the site. 'Just been the to gym!
' they exclaim. 'Got soooooooo drunk last night!!! ' Perhaps its left you feeling like you just want to block them. Losing friends? Barrages of status updates, volleys of photos and 'liking' too many pages were the main reasons people gave for cutting their virtual ties with friends. According to the survey, 46 per cent said they had dropped online friends for posting too many status updates containing excessive information. One third of respondents admitted they had unfriended someone for putting up too many photos online, while one fifth said they had got sick of friends who 'liked' too many pages. Mark Pearson, chairman of MyVoucherCodes, which carried out the survey, said: 'It can become too much if you see the same person updating their status every time you log on.
How Facebook could cost you your job! One in five applicants rejected after bosses check out their profiles on social media sites. By Emma Reynolds Published: 13:45 GMT, 16 March 2012 Next time you start to upload pictures of nights out on to Facebook, or moan about your day on Twitter, bear in mind that you could be risking your career.
One in five bosses have rejected an applicant because of their profiles on social networking sites, according to a UK company's report on the technology industry. Jobseekers are being warned to be far more vigilant over what they reveal online, as it could cost them that coveted role. Internet test: Applicants are regularly turned down for interviews because of their profiles on social media sites, according to a report on the technology industry Enlarge Costly: High school teacher Ashley Payne was forced to resign after her principal said photos of her drinking on Facebook, above, 'promoted alcohol use' Dispute: Adrian Smith, left, was demoted after boss David Barrow, right, told him comments he had made on Facebook about gay marriage could undermine his workplace, Trafford Housing Trust.