Facebook Is a Big Waster
During the first decade of the 21st century, a popular and new word has come into our vocabulary—Facebook. This is the most popular social networking website on the Internet.___51___You can send messages to your friend's electronic wall, put up a status saying something like "Going to the mall, I need to get a new pair of shoes" or "it's finally the weekend!:)".
In spite of the benefit it does on common people, it is true that this social network is a big waster. There are about 350 million active users on this website and 67% of them are between the ages of 13-25. More than 35 million users update their status every day.___52___
The highest age group who use Facebook are teenagers. Most of them keep the website running whenever they are using the computer, if they aren't in school or when they aren't asleep. Facebook is just changing the new generation of youngsters unconsciously. The teenage life is one of the most important stages of life. ___53___It is a distraction to their mind as well. Nowadays, when all their homework and research are on ICT（信息技术）they would easily switch to Facebook just to check if there was anything updated among their friends.
Facebook is also where people can see the gossip among their friends, virtual arguments, relationship status and updates, who is in whose "top friends", you can become fan of anything, join groups, post pictures and videos, play childish games, invite friends to parties or events and a lot more. Generally, all these would just disturb people into living life to the fullest. It's not just teens who become addicted, even grown-ups do. An average person spends about 55 minutes on Facebook.___54___Technology might be taking over people's life. Furthermore, people who use Facebook through their mobile phones are 50% more active on Facebook than non-mobile phone users. This shows people using Facebook on their phones as well as computers just can't stand being away from the website. Facebook is like crack to some folk.
___55___This would make them think how life is like without saying what's on their mind to all their friends on the Internet. A break would also make them more active, like socializing in person. This would finally help them focus better in school or in work. Although about 80% of people who take a break would come back to Facebook within days.
A. And 2.5 billion photos are added each month.
B. Wasting it on Facebook is not encouraging in any way.
C. This statistic isn't that bad but some people spend about 3-5 hours.
D. It is time people should take a break from Facebook once in a while.
E. As a result, the average Facebook users have 130 friends who they share links with.
F. Usually, when people hear the words "social networking", their brains automatically go to sites such as Twitter or Facebook.
G. The main idea of Facebook is that you can keep in touch with all your friends around the world who have Facebook.