4th practice

Although nowadays we are all connected by social networks, they should be called unsocal networks. These kind of pages don't make the worls a more sociable place, neither they let people know what real life and friendship is, nor they are safe to young people because of their lack of expecience in life.
People can think they are being more sociable using these networks, but they are not facing reality. They are just hiding themselves behind a screen because talking to someone that is not watching you, that is not waiting for an instant anwer is very easy. That is not being sociable but talking to people that they won't ever truly know.
Social networks are creating new life styles based on making friends that we know from the Internet. When you start meeting people that way, you are missing what real life is, and it is feeling awkward when you don't know well the other, feeling lonely sometimes and feeling thrilled when what comes across to your mind is the same your friend is thinking of. However, to feel all these things in a real way, everything has to happen face to face.
Moreover, for young people the use of these new platforms is very dangerous because they could be being bullied for instance,  and they wouldn't know. Another danger that they wouldn't notice is being hacked. Children son't usually know how to manage these situations and what they usually do is not to tell anyone about it. Nevertheless, they don't know that's the worst they could do.
To sum up, social networks are not as good as good as a way to connect people as they may look. Furthermore, used in short ages they are more problematic than useful.