Using internet is a bad habit????
By darkmoon
@darkmoon (701)
India
November 26, 2010 2:05am CST
Do you think using the internet is a bad habit ?When i am study in the school my parents will restrict me to use the internet,chatting with friends etc.It is because they fear that using the internet will destroy my character.After this years many people will know about the internet but,old people they did not like to use internet and they will discourage other people to use net.I will face this the question many time "what the use of internet for you ?",think i am a computer profession .So can you imagine about the others youngsters in the society ,how many questions will they face ? Do you think this mentality of the old people will change any time ?...
Did any body face or hear about this types of problems ?
17 responses
@phong1040572 (672)
• Thailand
26 Nov 10
I think it belong to what you think dear. If you use internet for you study such as: find information, find tips and trick, read news or do some good things internet, that's great. If you use internet to do some bad such as: addiction to game.....i think that was bad. I don't have internet when I was a student. When I need information, I go to the internet service. I think that is pretty good for me and for my parents. They don't worry about my action in internet.
@phong1040572 (672)
• Thailand
29 Nov 10
I think it's because there was a lot of bad thing in internet and people who use internet to do bad stuff is more than good stuff so that it influence to people's opinion about using internet.
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
26 Nov 10
hi darkmoon,
after 10 days i am seeing you in mylot,are you busy with your works,you are right internet is also a bad habit and it is also an addiction,when ever i have time i will open the net and seeing some thing,now a days my activities are increased with so many sites,so i does not have time to spare for other things,now i have started writing in wikinut site,6 of my articles are published,have a nice day
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@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
26 Nov 10
hi darkmoon,
thanks for the response,as said by robingrg,there are merits and demerits in every thing and every work,but we have to take only merits and we should not consider demerits,robingrg have given good explanation about the net and its using and where and when it should be used,though he is young he have given the right answer with a wise intention,have a nice day
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@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
26 Nov 10
Hi,
I don't think using an internet is a bad habit
as I am also an internet user and I need to get myself
online everyday. I am kinda addicted to internet.
But I don't see the point why it will be a bad habit,
we are using internet in our life,to get more
updated information,to search for some information online, chat with
our friends at another part of the world and we can even banking
transaction via online.
Actually having an internet will make our life more convenience and
easy.
When we need an air ticket,just simply go to the ticket website and
search for the flight that we want..It save our time to travel
to the ticketing office.
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@tkonlinevn (6438)
• Vietnam
27 Nov 10
There're many people use internet almost their time. So, they restrict to contact with other people in true life. This is not good. As me, we only should internet to study and to work in an enough time, we shouldn't use too frequently.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
26 Nov 10
Internet per se is not bad but it's how people use it to fool others and trick others make the internet an evil thing. Your parents are just concerned that you're spending more time in the net than studying and i'm sure they don't want that to happen. I also limit my son's use on the internet and i always check what sites he's entering since he's only 6 years old. He needs a lot of supervision. We should be careful in using the internet and we should try and avoid making it into an addictive habit. It's not good to spend more time online than have fun with friends and enjoy the environment.
@sindorian (16)
• Romania
26 Nov 10
Well, I've had access to the internet since I was young(er) so I've heard that type of questions quite often, from my parents, even my sister
Is it a bad habit? It really depends, in my case it really grew my appetite for knowledge, did that create an addiction? Well, a little bit, it's pretty neat having all the knowledge of books and much more, like opinions from people all over the world, and not having that can be pretty dull, for me anyway
There are however bad things included, as with everything else, mainly the entertainment value as you can find anything to keep you busy/laughing no matter who you are, it's still not any worst than TV though
Do I myself think it's bad, no, access to information is never bad, just depends on interests
Will old people change their opinions on it? Somehow I doubt it, as they blame EVERYTHING on it, this one time, I wasn't feeling like taking a bath, and my parents said it's that damned net's fault!
In fact, quite recently I moved and my sister tried to keep my mom from installing internet in our house because it would keep me from getting a job or going out, so yeah, people can be pretty annoying sometimes, and they stay that way
don't blame the tool, blame the person using it
for some it's bad, for some it's good, it still depends on the person at hand
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@moujha (86)
• Mauritius
26 Nov 10
Using internet is not a bad habit but being addicted to use internet is surely a very bad habit. One should limit oneself on using the internet in the appropriate manner. On top, to my opinion, internet usage should be provided to children of a certain age and not below. Internet can truly destroy someone's character. I have had my own experience when i was a kid. I used to stay on the internet and be careless about my relations with my parents, friends which deteriorated over time and causing much issues in my personal life.
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@Masihi (4413)
• Canada
27 Nov 10
Using the INternet was a bad habit at first, because I was addicted to the chat rooms and questionable websites for self-gratification. But when something happened to me (long story) it totally changed my perspective on life in its entirety. Now, the only times that I'm on the Internet is on sites where I can earn money (the honest way) and to network with people where I can make leads in tiny "business" deals - I think it's called referral marketing to sites like traffic exchange sites and Sidetick and stuff like that. So it all depends on what you use it for, I guess.
BTW I spend much more time with my family now than I did last year! ;-)
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
26 Nov 10
Hi darkmoon, may be i can't say that is a bad habit because i will download some of the music videos and keep in my playlist and daily i will hear whenever i will do my household work and also i will be in mylot most of the time. If we use it for good it gives us much information, people like me who can't go out from the house will round the world through the net. Till last month i used to download some of the notes which i want from the net because i submitted my books to the library two months before my exams. Net is for good use but not for bad i feel. I will be interacting with my friends through net (yahoo msgr and orkut so that i will not feel i am missing them).
Have a good day.
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@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
26 Nov 10
Hi darkroom!
The internet is a vast mine of knowledge as well as the opposite. I personally believe it's how we use it that would define us more of what we are but not the internet. It's actually all up to us. Use it good or otherwise use it badly. It's us to be blamed for.
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@hanni711 (243)
• Philippines
27 Nov 10
For me, internet becomes a necessary tool as a means of communication between me and my husband because he works abroad. Internet becomes bad if we abuse and use it in a wrong way by surfing immoral sites. We cannot blame the old people or our parents if they have been strict about the use of internet because of different negative feedbacks they heard about it.But we can still change that wrong notions about internet if we will explain to our parents how the internet works for us and give them the assurance it will not bring negative effect to us.
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@munna_cam17 (8)
• India
27 Nov 10
no way.It depends on your self control. I mean when we were kids we obviously dont know about stuff like pedophilia and sexting. Stuff like that can be harmful. Now that we are grown-ups and sufficiently mature , i think we can make our own decisions. There is still the stigma in the society and yes, there are bad things happening due to internet. Like, we tend to get addicted to surfing the net whole time rather than doing some useful job. But we need to grow up , have some self control on ourselves and actually KNOW where we are going in life.
And i think , youngsters should be monitored well. I mean we should put some security measures or just talk to them. The more we are friendly with them, the more they'll open up. So , just talking to them and monitoring them , we can prevent problems mostly. Even if they make mistakes, lets not forget that they should sometimes learn their own lessons. We should support them in such times.
@smashraful (129)
• Bangladesh
26 Nov 10
Firstly you are right on your opinion. it waste a loge time. that such a bad habit. but it also help us to make a better habit. We can write there any descriptive article, We can make a lot of friends by using internet, we can share our feelings using it. but older people who doesn't never realize all the features of internet they usually can make a question like that. Its simple. so, don't be stop. Keep going. Moreover you have to do some extra with it and you also have to help them to realize all the curriculum of Internet. I think they will appreciate with you.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5 Jan 13
I think it's just like with television ... except 'your friends from THE INTERNET' might be actual people!
@rijovjohn (428)
• India
27 Nov 10
I dont think using internet is bad habit. It depends on for what you are using it.If you are using it for good purposes it is good. The old people dont know the various uses of the internet. They only here the bad sides from tv, newspaper etc. So they use to discourage using net. If we let them know there are many goo things we can do with internet, their attitude may change.
@Bushin (141)
• Philippines
26 Nov 10
it isnt a bad habit instead its a good habit depending also of what you doing in using internet. If you like to surf adult content material so much then thats a bad habit but when you use internet for school stuff and socializing with different people then thats the time we can call it a good habit.