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Debate Score:12
Arguments:6
Total Votes:14
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Have social networking sites created a positive impact on the United States?

Yes

Side Score: 6
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No

Side Score: 6
3 points

How do you define "social networking site?" Is CD a social networking site? Has it had a negative influence? I can't imagine it would (other than that people might allow their feelings to get hurt, taking things too personally in a debate).

How do you define "positive impact?" I use Facebook as a way to keep in contact with people I might not otherwise stay in touch with and that means a lot to me. I'd consider that a positive impact. I've also heard that younger people are getting involved in causes bigger than the world they might otherwise have not experienced through sites like Facebook because of their "Causes" (and similar) applications.

I'm not saying that all social networking sites are all good, but some of them do some good.

Side: yes
1 point

Yes, overall I think social networking services have had a positive impact. Obviously, there are negatives to social networking - whether it's on the Internet or not. Face-to-face networking can have its problems, too.

Social networking services like Twitter, Digg, Stumble Upon, etc., they are ways we can educate ourselves.

We can lose our jobs, our money, etc., but a good education can't be taken away.

Again, just like face-to-face networking, social networking via the Internet can allow us to learn from each other and share knowledge, but it must be used with caution and parental controls for children.

Side: yes
1 point

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Side: yes
0 points

Social networking sites allow child predators to gain access of sensitive information that may not be meant for everyone to see. This creates a huge privacy and safety concern. Many children have been lured to sites by sex predators. Definitely not a positive impact on the united states.

Side: No

Yes, but isn't it the parent's responsibility to monitor their kid's internet usage?

Side: No
DEL681651(70) Disputed
1 point

Child predators make up something like .00000001% of the population. The communication impact far, FAR outweighs that.

Side: yes