Nowadays people use social media to keep in touch with others and be aware of the news. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
Social networking sites have transformed the way millennials communicate today. These websites have become the primary source to obtain information about one’s acquittance or global affairs. This essay will discuss the merits and demerits associated with the use of social media and will argue that the merits overshadow the demerits.
Considering the negatives first, people might argue that using social networking sites for extended periods can result in digital dementia and help to spread fake news as well. The reason is that such websites and apps are designed in a way which makes their user addicted to them. To cite an example, features such as likes, comments and poking keep the user busy to check their profile frequently. Therefore, users get drifted away from the real-life and spend a significant amount of their time inside the cyber world. In addition to that, since information can be readily transmitted throughout the world within seconds, social media makes it effortless to spread false information in the form of legitimate news. For instance, an Iraqi Facebook user posted information regarding corruption in the education sector which had no to little evidence; However, within hours people were protesting on the streets of Iraq all thanks to this false post.
On the flip side, the advantages are far more significant than these trivial disadvantages, firstly, contacting friends and reading news is convenient than ever before. Compared to the past, when people have to wait for the morning newspaper, or for the news broadcast at night, nowadays, they can tap into the latest news at the touch of a button. These websites, indeed, brought tremendous amount of convenience with them. Moreover, apps such as Facebook, Whatsapp and Imo drastically changed the way in which we connect we connect with our family or friends. Whether a person is living abroad, or in another state, they can talk with their family members or close friends face-to-face that to some extent bring a sense of not being alone in such long-distance relationships. As far as the cons are considered, its a user’s discretion to limit their use of social media. On top of that, many apps have now strict policies to keep in check any fake or false information posted on these mediums. Thus, the negatives carry insignificant weight and can be undermined.
To conclude, social media has brought tremendous possibilities for all of us. Even though there are some cons, constantly improving technology is overshadowing them to become better and better.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 830, Rule ID: NOW[2]
Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...ption in the education sector which had no to little evidence; However, within hou...
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Line 5, column 513, Rule ID: PHRASE_REPETITION[1]
Message: This phrase is duplicated. You should probably leave only 'we connect'.
Suggestion: we connect
...mo drastically changed the way in which we connect we connect with our family or friends. Whether a p...
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Line 5, column 814, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...ips. As far as the cons are considered, its a user’s discretion to limit their use ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, moreover, regarding, second, so, therefore, thus, well, for instance, in addition, such as, on top of that
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 10.4138276553 154% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 24.0651302605 116% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 41.998997996 133% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 8.3376753507 168% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2153.0 1615.20841683 133% => OK
No of words: 413.0 315.596192385 131% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21307506053 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.50803742585 4.20363070211 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77634767218 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 237.0 176.041082164 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573849878935 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 662.4 506.74238477 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.392625395 49.4020404114 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.315789474 106.682146367 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.7368421053 20.7667163134 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.36842105263 7.06120827912 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 3.4128256513 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.209619977717 0.244688304435 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0563596091549 0.084324248473 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0459958193897 0.0667982634062 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.11596857903 0.151304729494 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.039921915693 0.056905535591 70% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 13.0946893788 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.94 12.4159519038 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.07 8.58950901804 106% => OK
difficult_words: 115.0 78.4519038076 147% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.