Sarah Worsham

This article is written by a 9th grader, who I applaud for putting his opinion out there.  It also gives us a bit of insight into the minds of the younger generation.  I personally don’t think social networks are destroying our in person socialization – I tend to socialize more in-peron now that I’ve met more people through online social networks.  And I’ve found that I’m able to continue building those relationships offline and on because we can stay in touch through social networks.  I have found that places where people can be anonymous tend to have less “socialized” behavior – sometimes with people verbally attacking each other or just generally being jerks.  That’s not something that’s unique to social networks and has been a problem since the first online bulletin board – and people seem to be less likely to do that if there’s an identity tied to them or if they’re in person.