Social networking is health hazardous!!  

Yeah, very true.. Other than that, being involved in social networking sites, does not even make one more socialable at all.. INstead, thsoe ple are actually tryign to find their confidence in those sites as they need not see nor introduce themselves, face to face.. lol =D AMybe i shoud say, it's due to lack of confidence that pushes them into the trend of social networking site?? lol =D

Nothing can beat meeting a friend in real person, because the feeling is entirely different.. Topics generated between the two are different, and there are expressions to be seen and shown too.. haha =D

U are right in saying, about emotions as there's a limit to how much a emoticon can show and they cant fully represent our true feeling to some things being said or even done ^_^ haha

I agree it can be very bad if it's our only means of communication. It can be very addicting to some and cause them to lose touch with relationships they already have. Your right it keeps us from the initial feeling of unease as we meet new people but we need that to strengthen our skills as you said.

I can definitely see that!

God I sure hope not. Even though I believe that networking has a valuable place in our society today I would never want it to replace real people and things. It is a way for people to share like things and learn about each other. Even though friendships can grow from this they are really a different kind of friendship. We really do not know how or what we might feel about a person when we meet them in person. We may all have preconceived ideas but we just never know. This being said
we will never replace the face to face relationships we cherish and value over the years. We will develop a new set of friends though that will grow and deminish as sites come and go and only a few of those relationships will actually flourish and grow into real meaningful ones.

We need friends in real life. But there is nothing wrong with having online friends. It is still a form of companionship... or should I say ecompanionship?
But I understand though...seeing one's smile in real life, or hugging them in real life, is much better than just sending a virtual hug or an emoticon.

Well, I don't see it as hazardous as I only add my real friends? Those especially have gone overseas or out of town? In fact it's through these places like Facebook that I find those long lost ones that went off into oblivion, hahaSo when they're back in town we usually will still go out & yam cha, hahaIt's true that a 2D photo can never replace the real life person, I agree with you totally on that one!~

AH Angela bennett. So true. I would say that I don't see that much harm on social networking if it wasn't for the fact that we are humans and tend to do things in excess.
No balance - Yeah I know I keep saying that:) but it's true -.
As it is, I can see the risks and foresee that maybe not all, but a lot of people will indeed end up like angela bennett:)