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Social media has both positive and negative effects, influencing mental health and social interactions. While it can lead to issues like anxiety, depression, and addiction, it also facilitates friendships and encourages people to step out of their comfort zones. Ultimately, the potential harms often outweigh the benefits, especially for young users, highlighting the need for responsible usage.

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Social media has both positive and negative effects, influencing mental health and social interactions. While it can lead to issues like anxiety, depression, and addiction, it also facilitates friendships and encourages people to step out of their comfort zones. Ultimately, the potential harms often outweigh the benefits, especially for young users, highlighting the need for responsible usage.

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Do social media platforms do more harm than good?

Social media can be good and harmful depending on how you use it.
Social media can be harmful towards people because it causes mental health issues, it
exposes people to harmful content , and it can be very addictive . Social media can also
be good , it helps teens and people make friends , it gets them out of their comfort zones
and makes them want to try new things.
Cyberbullying causes mental health issues . Social media can cause anxiety, depression
and low self esteem . Teens become very depressed due to comparing themselves to
others and getting bullied by others .
Half of posts on social media can affect others or in other words it can be very
effective towards others . Effective posts can include harmful posts like sexual content
and videos and photos promoting violence , this either influences teens or worries them .
For most teens social media can be very addictive . Social media leads to excessive
time which is spent online , this causes teens and adults to lose interest in things they
onced loved . People forget about the important things in life like jobs , school , and
spending time with family.
On the other hand , social media can be positive too ! Most people find new friends on
social media and quickly make new friends and/or new connections . For some people
it's hard to make new friends because of them being scared of what the results might be
, this is why social media is a suggestion when it comes to making friends , and wanting
new connections or relationships .
When it comes to wanting attention , people come to social media . When people take
pictures and videos of themselves they come to social media to post and a lot of
attractive attention like likes , comets . and emojis , this makes that person feel 10x
better about themselves.
Social media gets a lot of people out of their comfort zone and this makes them have
less anxiety and more courage to do things and try new things including food , music ,
and places to travel . Social media has a lot of helpful suggestions for people when they
are curious about anything .
This evidence shows that social media can be harmful and good , the potential harms ,
particularly for mental health and well being , are significant and often outweigh the
positives especially for young people . It's crucial to be mindful of the potential risks
and to use social media in a balanced and responsible way.

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