Is The Internet Good For Us?

@Random28 (158)
December 9, 2008 11:29am CST
Sure it can help us buy stuff but surely it is bad for us for health reasons ie not geeting as much fitness and destroying small buisnesses
8 responses
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
9 Dec 08
My friend I always feel that there were always two sides to every development which we have made. And to every invention that we have made so far. Now it is up to us to decide how to utilise the particular invention for a betterment. Internet has huge potential to a lot of good to daily life. But if we want to use it with a negative frame of mind than we can definitely do a lot of damage with that. But that certain point of time they should ask the question that whether we should the misuse such as power. If we are to herself they will realise that what we are doing is wrong if we are by any chance of misusing it.
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9 Dec 08
Hello There are couple of strength about use of internet but in the other hand there are all sort of side affects as well. In this case which is internet, strengths are more considered either than weaknesses. here are some strengths of internet: 1. easy access to research resources e.g. Books, News and videos. 2. time efficient and cheap to use. 3. high and flexible to use for especial purposes like : chatting , listening to music and etc. 4. Paperless and environmentally friendly. But there all sort of weaknesses involved such as: 1.Physical damages. 2.decreases amount of time you spend, socializing with others. 3. high possibility of becoming victim of phishing, fraud or spam. 4. use of some websites, may cause some people to lose their jobs because they are not needed for certain tasks since the internet website are replaced in that task. so there all sort debates and argument about use of internet but we have to think what is most important to us? Personally I prefer using internet either than go and research in the street for my coursework, how about you??
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@one5415 (380)
• Canada
10 Dec 08
Of course! Internet is good for us. It`s very convenience. We can go shopping on Internet. We can chat or communicate with friends or family on Internet however where are they. We can search some data we need on Internet. We can listen some music or watch some vedio even TV program on the Internet. I usually surf on Internet 8 to 10 hours everyday. I can`t have no Internet and computer in my life. So~ for convenient life, I think that Internet is good for us.
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• United States
10 Dec 08
I think there are worse things that one can do for themselves than use the internet. Buying things online doesn't do much more than save time these days, the small businesses aren't going out of business due to internet shopping, they're going out of business due to big business. If we stopped shopping online odds are we wouldn't go visit Mom & Pop's store anyway, we'd head to Wal Mart. Besides, I don't know about the rest of you, but if I don't have to go out in the freezing cold of winter, I'm not going to. :P
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@Quirkly (95)
• Canada
10 Dec 08
Are you people aware of the exercise involved in running network cable just to get the internet to the computer in the first place? LOL, yeah it's a one time thing, depends on how often you move though. And yeah it's a big effort for me to move my computer around the house, so many accessories and gadgets, big process. The internet can be bad to our physical health, so obviously some common sense is required, take regular breaks, stretch, etc etc. As for the internet itself, it's very good for commerce, I've seen many small businesses do well because of the internet, not worse because of it.
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• United States
9 Dec 08
Internet is only good for researching, reading emails, staying in contact with people, but as far as it being good for a person I would have to say no since like you said nobody is getting the physical fitness that our bodies need when we are on the computers all the time.
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• Malaysia
9 Dec 08
It does more good than bad generally.But it depends on the person using the internet to use it wisely.And not too much until it brings hazard to a person's health.
• India
9 Dec 08
yeah it is it saves time and it helps us do research! happy Lottin n have a nice day
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