It seems like Facebook and other social networking websites are substituting natural meetings between people. The face-to-face interaction between people is replaced by hours and hours spent on online socialising. Why would they do the effort to go out to meet friends and family while they can do so in bed with their laptops over their laps!
This might seem that it made life easier, however, a UK expert thinks online social networking websites might harm your health.
Dr Aric Sigman told the BBC, "a lack of face-to-face networking could alter the way genes work, upset immune responses, hormone levels, the function of arteries, and influence mental performance". It could also "increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes, heart disease, and dementia".
What is special about face-to-face communication is that you could understand people in front of you more clearly through their voice intonation and their body language. It is very easy to misunderstand your friends online because what is said in a joking context must not be aquired as a serious issue. And you cannot actually know unless you hear and see the person in front of you. As the doctor said, these websites "undermines people's social skills and their ability to read body language".
