Social media today has done a lot

Con the 4th of
February 2004, Mark Zuckerberg started a
revolution in the worldrnwith the launch of
FACEBOOK.COM a social media platform that
hit the internet byrnstorm causing a down pour
of profit for the platform and the owner.rnWhat
really is SOCIAL MEDIA?rnrnThey are computer
mediated tools that allow people to create,
share, exchangerninformation, ideas, pictures
and videos in virtual communities and
networks. It also arngroup of internet based
applications that build an ideological and
technological foundationrnof web 2.0 and allow
the creation and exchange of user generated
contents. Thernsocial media is also said to be
a website and application that enables users to
create,rnshare contents or to participate in
social networking.rnrnThe social media market
today has become so wide with a lot of
competitors. Thesernsocial media platforms
have helped turn the world into a village where
anyone,rnanywhere and at anytime can contact
anyone around the world, share ideas or
evenrnseal business deals.rnrnApart from
helping in communicating with people from
different geological location or itrnhas helped
boost brands, disseminate information, bring
loved ones closer and also inrneducation. We
all know that what has an advantage sure has
a disadvantage, the socialrnmedia platforms
have boosted cyber crime, child pornography,
internet bullying,rndissemination of wrong
information to mention just a few.rnrnAs
concerning the Nigerian youth, the advent of
the internet was a concept we werernyet to
fully unravel before the social media platforms
hit us. There was no time forrnadjustment into
the idea and this brought about a lot of evil for
our system before itrnwas curbed not
eradicated. Life and properties have been lost
to these bag eggs in thernsystem; who has
abused the idea of social mediarnrn

The social media platform is one if harnessed
by the system could bring about
jobrnopportunities for the unemployed Nigerian
youth. It could be used to advance our
youthsrnby disseminating profitable information
to the large populace and also used to
organizernseminars that would help and boost
entrepreneurship amongst the Nigerian youths
ofrntoday. Many waste a lot of time doing
nothing on these platforms; we all need
tornlearn more about the advantages of this
unique opportunity to better our country â
€“rnNigeria.rnrnThe system should also put in
place measure that would secure the life’s
andrnproperties of the ignorant youths making
use of these platforms. The social
mediarnplatform should NOT be seen as dating
sites or for flings or flirting but forrnadvancing
their trade and also connecting with the larger
world providing services tornthose who need
them. For example LinkedIn.com is the best
place to have a profile ifrnyou are an
entrepreneur or searching out for greener
pastures in the Nigerian laborrnmarket.rnrnThe
social media has brought a lot of good and evil
to us but it’s a matter of choicernto either
abuse the gift or harness its possibilities.