ARTICLE REVIEW : WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE INTERNET?

Article review : What are the disadvantages of the Internet?

Article identity:

• ·         Title                 : What are the disadvantages of the Internet?
• ·         Author             : Computer Hope
• ·         Release           : 06 June 2021
• ·         Link                : https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001810.htm

Summary :

What are the disadvantages of the Internet?

Although the Internet is one of man's greatest creations, it has many disadvantages, several of which are listed in the following sections.

• ·         Trolls, bullying, and stalkers
• ·         Pornographic and violent images
• ·         Addiction, time-waster, and causes distractions
• ·         Crime, identity theft, hacking, viruses, and cheating
• ·         Spam and advertising
• ·         Affects focus and patience
• ·         Depression, loneliness, and social isolation
• ·         Health issues and obesity
• ·         Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and personalized content
• ·         Fake news
• ·         Buying things, you don't need

My review :

Now we live in a modern era where anything is easy, especially with the technology that is growing rapidly along with its development. In the past we only lived in the real world, now many of us have two lives which are the real world and the virtual world.

We can get a lot from today's technological advances, of course, it can't be separated from the positive and negative sides. In this article, I will review an article about What are the disadvantages of the Internet, of course if we talk about the benefits of the internet, there are many good and beneficial things that we can get from the internet. But what about the barriers and disadvantages of the internet?

According to the article I read on the Hope Computer web, the internet also has many disadvantages. One of the factors is the ease of today's technology which makes people wrong in using it.

Trolls, bullying, stalkers, pornographic and violent images are not impossible things that will not happen on the internet, especially on social media. Especially with bullying, I've even witnessed it several times on social media posts that made me report and block the account that posted it. Then on the point that the internet can cause depression, loneliness, and social isolation where when we see the lifestyle posts of friends or other people that end up making us compare ourselves to that person even I myself have also felt this negative side and it was very unpleasant for that I think it is very important to filter what goes on your social media.

Points like Health issues, obesity, Addiction, time-waster, cause distractions, affect focus and patience I think these are important points that many people still take for granted even though Health is a very expensive thing.

The internet is also very prone to fake news, and it is very important not to believe everything circulating on the internet, it's a good idea for you to double-check the truth of the news so you don't get consumed by hoaxes. And if anyone finds fake news, you better report the post so it doesn't spread more widely.

Then the last point that I think is quite disturbing is Buying things, you don't need. With the internet, of course, the advertised product has a wide reach and can reach us in various ways, and sometimes it makes us buy things that we don't really need just because we are tempted to see attractive prices or promotions and it is quite money-consuming.

For us as internet users, we must be able to use the internet properly and wisely, be smart in using it, be able to sort out what is good and bad and sort out useful content that is ethical and what is not. Creative in using, not only by playing on social media but we can use it for our benefit.