Over the last decade, the popularity of social networking sites has increased on a massive scale. People seem to love the idea of communicating with each other through images, videos, messages and voicemails to talk face to face.

It was mainly teenagers and young adults who have used social media, but now, even our grandparents are catching up with the trend to follow celebrities on Twitter and regularly updating their Facebook profile picture.

Nowadays, most young people spend hours on popular sites of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. Our private space has been invaded by social media, there are very few things that others can not learn more about us with a click.

As for the features of a young child who wants a new toy after he's bored to play with elders, youth is also looking for new things to keep busy and throw everything that is obsolete.

Therefore, the change in trend of social media! Earlier, a social networking site like Orkut was a fashion among young people. But little by little the interest of youth developed and they wanted something new, which is when Mark Zuckerberg saw an opportunity in the social media market and invented a new site called social networking Facebook, taking the world by storm. Its site has grown in popularity as an epidemic, what makes other social networking sites bite the dust.

Social media is a platform where young people can form groups and discuss various topics ranging from music to education and politics in films. It is also an opportunity for young entrepreneurs to market their business ideas and to promote the creation of a page. This helps young people in the construction of connections and their career opportunities. We can showcase their talent here, too!

But every medal has its own inverse. Therefore, there are a few disadvantages of the use of social networking as sites.

The Internet is a place to interact with new people and a way to expose you to strangers. Caution should be exercised when using social media. There is a risk of your account hacked by someone else and they can pass to you by stealing your identity in the virtual world.

People often create fake profiles of themselves and the display of pictures of famous personalities. Many predators and sex offenders are also found in using social networking sites. They deceive others by making them believe that they are trustworthy, but rather to deceive innocent people who are easy targets, especially young children.

This gives rise to crime and provides an opportunity for perverts and pedophiles to find vulnerable victims on the Internet. As most teenagers and young adults are looking to make new friends on social media, they are not exposed in the real world. They are unaware that it is a cruel world where people often take advantage of others for their own benefit. Parents must be careful with regard to these issues and keep a check on what their children are.

Although social media has revolutionized the world in bringing us closer than ever before, should be used to stay in touch with our family and friends to the necessary conversations.

The social networking sites future look promising, but people will have to face the problems associated with it.