I actually haven't mentioned any Social Networks that seem to be so popular right now...Besides Twitter, but that doesn't count in my eyes.
Come on now, everyone has or had or will have a facebook at some point in time during their life. In the beginning people would make a facebook, and ask all their friends to make one so the could have more friends, then they would all get connected and things seemed great. Everyone was happy to have a place where they could speak their mind and tell everyone how they felt about so and so. This was the start of online bullying. Maybe Molly didn't like that Megan stole her boyfriend so she called her out on it over facebook, and someone decided to start to do the same. By the end of the night everyone is calling Megan a whore, and she feels horrible about herself.
A new condition among teens is called "Facebook Depression" leave it to a social network to get its own illness. Some kids are starting to feel like they can't measure up to some of their freinds in the interent world. They see how happy their friends look in profile pictures, or how they went to a party they weren't invited to the night before and they start to feel less worthwhile. Facebook depression is a real illness that causes kids to shut down and feel helpless of themselves. Not all kids will get Facebook Depression if they make themselves a profile, but some kids who aren't as well adjusted just might.
For more information...
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/03/28/doctors-warn-about-facebook-depression-in-teens/
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