A Critical Look at Facebook --Positive & negative
 
What do others think of Facebook? See below a piece by Alagi Yorro, formerly of the closed Independent Newspaper, Banjul.
 
http://caelos.com/gainako/?p=1863
 
"Amid all these various impacts of Facebook, it is evident that social media has blatanly obvious positives aspects and some surreal negative facets that get underplayed often. Though a majority of people generally focuses on and even brag about the positives, the negative impacts need to also be taken into account. Facebook liberates the common man to have his voice heard in an open platform and helps connect people across the world and across generations. In this process it provides individuals with an additional freedom to air their views on issues. However, this excessive overflow of information and connections can also have detrimental effects on personal lives and on the attitudes of individuals if it is not handled in a mature manner. As with everything in life, balance and wisdom are the key—this is as true of the virtual world as the real one. Only this balance and a mature democratic mindset can make the Facebook experience a worthwhile one, and more specifically, one that can bring about lastin, positive social and political change."Alagi Yorro Jallow