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1. There are many famous social networks. Name one. What do you know about this network?
2. Why have social networks exploded in popularity over the last 15 years?
3. How do social networks make money?
4. Which social network(s) do you use personally or at work; Facebook, Mixi, LINE, Twitter, Wordpress*, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, LinkedIn? What kind of things do you read? What kind of things do you post? How much time do you spend using social networks?
5. Do find this/these services valuable and/or entertaining? Why?
6. Why do you think there are so many people concerned with how much and how often young people use social media? Is there a member of your family, or is anyone you know, obsessed with, addicted to or far, far too engaged in social media?

* note : if you are using this website, you are using Wordpress

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Question 1

I remember a really old social network in Japan called Mixi. I never used it as I could not read Kanji then. Do people still use it?

Question 2

I think people like attention from others. And social media is an easy way to get this attention.

Question 3

I think they make money from allowing businesses to advertise on their site.

Question 4

I use Facebook, but I rarely post things. I usually use Facebook's messenger or email as I had an old email that got hacked and all my contacts were deleted. But luckily most of those people were also friends on Facebook, so I didn't lose contact.

Question 5

Like I said, I do not use so much but it is nice to stay in contact with old friends.

Question 6

I am interested in psychology. I have read reports that overuse of social media can adjust a young person's brain chemistry. Scary stuff, luckily I am not young. I do not know anyone who is addict to social media but my brother is a computer otaku.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
hacked	ハッキングされた
psychology	心理学
adjust	調整する
brain chemistry	脳化学