Leslie Ocon
English 113B
Professor Lawson
2/27/2013
Final Draft
Social Network Problems
The social network is probably the
most common way that people communicate now in days.Their is many
social networks such as: Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and Tumbler and
many more websites .Everyone has one from teenagers to older people
to business people. However, the difference for people is the way
that they express themselves on the internet and what they use it
for.Many teenagers tend to use the internet in inappropriate ways
that they should not use it for . For example many teenagers post up
sexsual videos and pictures exposing themselves in the social network
as a way of them to seek attention. However, it can backfire on them
and easily make themselves a target to become cyber bullied something
that maybe they were not expecting.Or even bring themselves upon
problems with the law. This is not okay for teenagers to be seeking
out for attention this way on the internet and running themselves in
to trouble with the law over something that is fake in a way. The sad
part is that what ever happens on the internet does not always stay
their . Everyone knows that whatever is exposed on the internet is at
the reach of every ones hand. That is exactly why people have to thin
twice before they post anything.Please do not be the next person to
do this it will definitely hurt you one way or the other. Receiving
fame over the internet is not worth the harassment you will receive
over something you did on the internet.
Many teenagers do not receive the
attention that they need at home so they go out seeking for it in the
internet. Everyone has internet access so it seems easy to do. Or
might it be that teenagers are so addicted to the social networking
that they take these actions just to become famous on Facebook and
the social networks? In “Many Teens tell survey they're addicted tosocial Media,texting” by The Washington Post “Nine out of 10teens use texting and social media sites”. That is an insane
number. If you were to fill a room with 100 teenagers only 10 of them
would not have a social networking website.
The first example is the one of a now
currently “Facebook Famous” person as they like to be called is
Star Beltran. Star Beltran is currently a 17 year old that resides in
the Los Angeles area. Star decides one day to upload a very explicit
video of her self giving oral sex to two guys at the same time on the
social network FaceBook. Immediately her Facebook started going
insane with likes on here video and friend request.Star currently has
41,988followers on Facebook. Meaning that she already has the friend
limit she can have on FaceBook which are 5,000 friends. After the
5,000 friends she had to get “followers” which in a way can also
be her fans or the haters that want to know what she is updating on
her FaceBook. When this video was first uploaded on to FaceBook many
people thought that her account had been hacked by someone that
disliked her because who would want to upload a video like that on to
the internet where everyone can see it? Many times we see it happen
from normal people to celebrities when they are exposed in intimate
situations and clearly are embarrassed by it. Well everyone was
wrong. Later on Star uploads a video the next day where she her self
states that no one had hacked her Face Book and she had uploaded it
her self. Star in the beginning felt no shame of what she had done
and she even mentioned the named of the two guys in the video as we
can not see their faces on the video for exception of Star's. Most
definitely she uploaded this video on to FaceBook to clearly get the
attention from everyone. At that time Star was sixteen years old. Her
video became so famous on the Internet that it ended up making to a
porn site. And of course Star was proud of that as she updated her
FaceBook bragging about it. However, not everything went according to
Star's plans. All hell started breaking lose and she began to be
cyber bullied all over the place. People did not agree with what she
had done and was being called very derogatory names such as a “slut,
whore, bitch etc.”. Star can no longer upload one picture of her
and a guy friend because everyone leaves negative comments on the
picture saying if shes going to be giving him oral sex too. Right
after all this began Star began to post of on her FaceBook status to
leave her alone that her mother had found about the video and that
she was having problems with her family due to it. “DeletingInappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is extremelydifficult after the have been posted”. The damage had already been
done and the sad part is that she brought all that upon her self .
Another scenario where a teen is
seeking for attention is in the article “Girl faces child pornCharges for posting Nude photos on Myspace of her self” by BethDeFalco. This s a fourteen year old girl where she thought it would
be easy to upload nude pictures of herself on Myspace and though
nothing would happen. Well happens that a lot can happen. This
teenagers is being accused of child pornography. It is quite ironic
Is'nt it? Should'nt someone had posted pictures of her in order for
them to be accused of these charges? Sounds pretty stupid to me but
of course her lack of education did not allow her to avoid this great
problem that she is facing now. If the judge finds her guilty she
might have to spend up to 17 years in jail for exposing her own
pictures on the internet.
As a conclusion people in general need
to be care full of what they post of themselves on the internet.
Especially if they are teenagers because they are at such a young age
and to experience something like what was mentioned before must be
terrible. For those teenagers that are doing this on purpose to seek
attention need help because this will lead them to nothing good. If
some one you know needs attention or needs someone talk to maybe try
listening to them. And if they do not want your help give them this
number (1800)999-999 it is an Adolescent Intervention Crisis Hotlinetheir they can get help.
Works Cited
kang,
cecilia. "Many teens tell survey they’re addicted to social
media, texting - Post Tech - The Washington Post." The
Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines -
The Washington Post.
N.p., 26 June 2012
DeFalco ,
Beth . "Girl Faces Child Porn Charges for Posting Nude Photos of
Herself on MySpace." Law.com
| Legal News, Technology, In-House Counsel, & Small Firms Legal
Resources.
N.p., 29 Mar. 2009.
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