Both Facebook and Twitter can be used for business or family purposes. If used in the right way they can be very good (as Haifagirl pointed out about staying in touch with family). I once attended a conference in which a lot of stuff was done through twitter, the conference organizers posted updates and people attending were able to answer questions and post stuff, etc. I felt that this was a very good use of the technology (though even this conference had some interesting issues whith people abusing it but that is another story). On the other hand, the way people use it to socialize can be very dangerous. People can become friends with random people online which can lead to all sorts of problems. Teenagers (and non-teens as well) who don’t think about the consequences of their actions can get themselves into a lot of trouble. I feel that parents should definitely not let their children use these things except with very strict supervision. If you want to keep in touch with family so the parents should create a family account that they have access to and they should make sure that they themselves understand all the settings and know how to check what their kids are doing.
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