Dialogue

These social networking sites have many different effects on the society as a whole.  One aspect that has came up is the way we speak and write.  Nowadays people use acronyms to say things instead of actually spelling words out.  For example, on social networking sites we say "lol" or "oomf." These stand for certain phrases that we are too lazy to spell out.  People are now starting to talk in person as they would on these sites.  It seems as though we are uneducated, but in reality we just choose to say it.  I believe that intelligence has decreased due to this issue.  For instance, I went to write a paper and started using the slang that appeared on these sites.  It was not intentional; however, people become so use to using it they forget when and where is the right time.  People forget how to spell actual words because they become use to abbreviating everything. These sites are taking away from education and are actually doing the inverse.  We are becoming less intelligent by saying "OMG, lol, wyd" all the time.  We shouldn't allow these short phrases to take over our lives.  Social networking sites should use regular English when communicating.  This would help our world get back to the intellect we once had.