100% agreed that internet is affecting personal life. The matter of discussion should have been in good or band manner? Today we rarely use dictionary / encyclopedia instead we use google to search the word or items or article. we now rarely write letter to our family or friend its email / messenger via which we share. Vide this we also make and share information from new people whom we never met in reality. What has become bad is that there is no restriction over the adult pages which can be easily accessed by small child. Sticking to computers affecting the health of the people. People however creating social networking over net but they are loosing the social networking with the people nearby. All roses come with a thorn, its you to decide how to handle it. Jai Hind Santosh Sinha
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Santosh Sinha, Freelance Journalist, Free Lancer
| 03 06 2010 18:55:05 +0000
Yes, Internet has definitely changed our personal life. Life without internet has become very miserable. Right from train to cinema ticket booking has become easy through net. Though certain privacy issues are there, one has to take due care in accepting/rejecting a request from an unknown person. While following an unknown person one has to be careful or else one can report abuse or disconnect from such person in the future
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ATMA RAM CHAVALI, MANAGER IT, SBH
| 03 06 2010 16:17:22 +0000
Even people says 'no' to this argument is using Internet and this site to express their views ,so why can'nt they accept the fact?People are using internet to make connections in virtual world, We may get good friends from virtual world.People are using internet for each and everything, this shows Internet is surely affecting Personal life.Affecting here doesn't mean in negative sense
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Aswani.K.M , Software Developer
| 03 03 2010 10:00:49 +0000
without any doubt ...internet is affecting our life at grt extent...its sometime make us glued to one place for whole day...n dont need any other measures of life....sometime we oversee our personal relations i.e family n all n give prefrence in spending time wit our online frnds which hamper our relations..n life too.. so internet should b used as technology to make our life comfortable than hampering our life in other aspect....
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SARVESH KUMAR SINGH, b.tech,, final yr
| 02 23 2010 04:54:06 +0000
Balaji, it is nice to know that you have good self confidence. What you have outlined here is extremely generic and true of most personal traits in life. However, once you share some personal information like date of birth, address, phone numbers, email ids, annual incomes, interests, places visited etc, then it is quite easy for a shrewd person to exploit this in a non-friendly manner. Pls state factual or non-factual arguments. If this is a debate whether "carrying lakhs of rupees in your bag everyday is safe or unsafe", using your statements, I can say that if you believe there are no bad hearted people in any country, then it is safe. Using your words, "For those who have self confidence and strong belief, carrying lakhs of rupees in your bag everyday is safe". Obviously, you are smart enough to realize that this is not true !
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Kaushik Shankar, Royal Philips Electronics
| 02 22 2010 04:28:17 +0000
Relationships built on the internet, whether through twitter, facebook, buzz, or personal sites can affect our lives in many ways. And when we weed out the useless or negative contacts, whether online or off, our social equity will increase with the uplifting, productive contacts that remain! I suggest that getting more involved in social media sites, both from a personal and business perspective, will bring increased awareness of our brands, which, when shared with the rest of the world, because of our integrity and high level of positive productivity, will make the world a better place for everyone!
References :
In his best-selling book, I'm OK, You're OK, Thomas A. Harris discusses Eric Berne's thoughts on optimizing our social interactions, stating that the unit of social intercourse is called a transaction.
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Aaron Brandley, Independent Business Consultant
| 02 20 2010 20:02:49 +0000
I fully agree. "Affecting personal life" is a very broad term. As Mr Kandhadai says an internet connected laptop and a mobile phone can make you "On the hook" any time - during sleep, on a vaccation, at a marriage or at a funeral. 10 years ago there was not this much pressure on any of us. All of us will agree that internet has its own advantages like exchange of informations, payment of utility bills and taxes , booking air / train tickets etc. etc. it also has pushed up the pressure on delivery deadlines for our customers and response from us from our friends and collegues. Apart from this, sharing of private data, getting engaged with unknown faces are also impact of the internet. While it is debatable that whether it is for good or bad, it is for sure that internet has affected our personal life.
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S Balaji, Head/VP/GM-Corporate Planning/Strategy Telekonnectors Limited
| 02 20 2010 13:20:15 +0000
Internet should not affect our life and if it affects than this should be positive one ,basically it is our moral responsibility but main concern is the private information can be stored and sold, often without us ever knowing about it.....this is not good .......it needs our control......
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Manish Grover, Sales Executive/Officer,
| 02 20 2010 04:11:57 +0000
Internet and its availability affects us in more ways than one. The personal information being on line is one aspect of it. It definitely rewrites the definition of privacy as we once knew it. it all but destroys it. The fact that knowledge is now available round the clock where you are - as opposed to having to go to a library or collage or work for it - is enabling us to work at any time of our choice. This has reduced quality time with family and friends particularly in younger generation. Work was something one seldom took home and people had what can only be called a slightly more desciplined life style. This made sure that all aspects of life got the attention it deserved. With the laptop portable, with anywhere net connectivity we work through night and day, monday and sunday!
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RAMESH KANDADAI, Principal Consultant, ARM Consultants
| 02 20 2010 03:57:48 +0000
I'd agree! There is this instant kick (excitement) you get when you connect and interact with unknown member online... Additionally Internet has become so wast and deep that you get immersed into it once you step in. As a matter of fact internet is one of the reason I'm online 36 hrs a day! :)
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Rakesh Ojha, Head/VP/GM-Sales, E2 Solutions
| 02 19 2010 14:48:19 +0000
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Internet is impacting our lives in the level we have allowed it. The amount of information available and directed to us is so big that most of us do not to how to handle it, but because thsi is a universal trend in teh near future there will tools and strategies to control internet like we tune the radio or the television.
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Pedro Gonzalez Lopez, Advance Quality Engineer, Alps Electric
| 03 01 2010 01:27:33 +0000
i don't think internet will hamper personal life as it is up to us for prioritize things in life and think what is important and most importantly do the things which are really need of hour.Internet is one good communication media which has to be used as and when required and it cannot be treated as if it is everything in life without which we can't survive!!
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jairaj shyam prasad, Production Manager, BOSCH Ltd
| 02 24 2010 15:29:22 +0000
I dnt think it affect the personal life of us..bcoz its a technology that give you more time to spend with your loved ones.Because of internet we can work from home also.It gives many important information that help us..
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Devi Ranjit, Attorney Associate, Pangea3
| 02 24 2010 09:34:09 +0000
When weighed in accordance to the pertinent scenario, everything would have two facets, i.e., pros and cons. Similarly, the impugned source, i.e., internet also has largely affected people benefitting them to a large extent and at the same time having adverse impact also. It is we who judge as to whether to be benefitted or be otherwise affected. Essentially the source is one wherein knowledge of all kinds can be enhanced and learning can be done every passing moment. This is how one can gain by the usage of internet. Staying connected with people is another activity that is done through this source. As long as this activity is done with people whom we know or are acquainted to, it wouldn't really hamper us. But building relationships and involvement of personal lives by connecting to unknown people is a real risk that one would endeavour into. This is because, it is very difficult to rely upon the person at the other end. This has lead to commission of many cyber crimes and not to forget Adnan's murder case (the 16 yr old guy killed by his orkut friends), etc. So, it must be certainly kept in mind that the importance of relationships, which hold a great value and involve a lot of emotions and many other factors, can't be put at stake and decisions must be taken prudently. Therefore, it is very much necessary that one should utilize this source developed as a result of advancement in science and technology to tilt the weighing scale towards the advantageous aspect.
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Ananya Anindita, LLB student, KIIT LAW SCHOOL
| 02 22 2010 15:13:23 +0000
i don't think dat it affect our personal life bcoz it is a technology and it makes our work easy and it also help us to get connected and we can easily get d information about any one by just sitting in our rooms, rather to visit library nd some other places.but if we r addicted 2 chat wid different ppl den it's our own prob not d problem of technology. if we are blaming technology for this means we r just hiding our desires because technology has provided options nd which one is good this have to choose by us.
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Amit , Student, IIT Delhi
| 02 22 2010 08:37:41 +0000
the internet is affecting personal life or not depends completely on one's perception..as far as my point of view it do not affect my personal life..yes it can affect our professional life but for personal life no one really believes a person whom we met online...
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sanjeeb tamuli, Business Development-NER, Indian Energy Exchange Limited
| 02 21 2010 14:30:14 +0000
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