[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"exercise-950":3},{"payload":4,"id":45,"user":46,"level":52,"course":53,"activity":54,"activity_slug":55,"title":6,"topic":56,"tone":57,"stats":58,"created":60,"score":61,"is_favorite":62,"public":63,"is_external":62},{"text":5,"title":6,"answers":7,"questions":38},"When social media first became part of everyday life, it was marketed as a simple promise: stay connected. Two decades later, that promise has largely been kept. A message can reach a friend abroad in seconds, a small business can find customers without paying for traditional advertising, and a local community can organise support after a crisis. Yet the same tools that make communication effortless also create new pressures that many users did not anticipate.\n\nOne clear advantage is access. Social platforms allow people to join groups based on interests, health conditions, careers, or hobbies, and to learn from others who have direct experience. For someone moving to a new city, this can reduce loneliness; for a student, it can provide study communities and quick feedback. In professional life, social media can function as an informal portfolio: designers share work, writers build an audience, and job opportunities circulate faster than they do through official channels.\n\nHowever, the speed and volume of information come with a cost. Because posts are designed to compete for attention, they often reward strong emotions rather than careful thinking. This can make online discussions more extreme, even when the original topic is ordinary. In addition, misinformation spreads easily when users share headlines without checking sources. The result is not only confusion but also a growing sense that it is difficult to know what to trust.\n\nAnother disadvantage is the way social media affects time and concentration. Many platforms are built around endless scrolling and frequent notifications, which encourages short bursts of attention. People may open an app for one purpose and then lose twenty minutes without noticing. Over time, this can reduce productivity and make it harder to focus on tasks that require patience, such as reading, studying, or planning.\n\nPrivacy is also a serious concern. Even when users avoid posting sensitive details, platforms collect data about behaviour: what is clicked, how long a video is watched, and which accounts are followed. This information is valuable for targeted advertising, but it also means that personal preferences can be analysed and predicted. Some users accept this as the price of a free service; others feel uncomfortable, especially when data is shared with third parties or used to shape what content they see.\n\nOverall, social media is neither purely helpful nor purely harmful. It is best understood as a powerful tool that amplifies human habits. Used deliberately, it can support relationships, learning, and business. Used without limits, it can waste time, distort information, and reduce privacy. The key issue is not whether social media should exist, but whether users and companies are willing to manage it responsibly.","The Social Media Trade-Off",{"1":8,"2":13,"3":18,"4":23,"5":28,"6":33},[9,10,11,12],"It has mostly delivered on connecting people, but it has also created unexpected pressures.","It was mainly designed to help governments communicate with citizens more efficiently.","It promised to stay connected, which proves that connection is always positive.","It failed because people now communicate less than they did before social media.",[14,15,16,17],"It replaces official job applications by allowing people to get hired through likes.","It helps people find support and opportunities through interest-based communities and professional sharing.","It reduces loneliness because everyone has more followers than before.","It guarantees that information online is accurate because many people can comment on it.",[19,20,21,22],"Because careful thinking is impossible when people type quickly.","Because headlines are always written to be misleading.","Because most users are naturally aggressive when they are anonymous online.","Because attention-driven posts tend to favour emotional reactions over balanced reasoning.",[24,25,26,27],"People spend more time reading long articles online than they do in books.","Social media improves concentration by training the brain to switch tasks rapidly.","Platforms encourage fragmented focus through endless feeds and constant alerts, making time slip away.","Notifications are useful because they help users plan their day more efficiently.",[29,30,31,32],"Privacy problems only happen when users post their address and phone number publicly.","Private messages are always read by employees working for social media companies.","Using social media is illegal in many countries because it breaks privacy laws.","User behaviour is tracked and used for targeting and shaping content, even without sharing obvious secrets.",[34,35,36,37],"It is mostly harmful and should be avoided by anyone who wants to stay informed.","It is a neutral but powerful tool whose impact depends on how responsibly it is used and managed.","It is irrelevant because it will soon be replaced by a completely different technology.","It is mostly beneficial because it connects people and therefore improves society automatically.",{"1":39,"2":40,"3":41,"4":42,"5":43,"6":44},"What does the writer suggest about the original promise of social media?","What benefit of social media is highlighted in the second paragraph?","According to the writer, why can online discussions become more extreme?","What problem related to attention does the writer describe?","What is the writer’s main concern about privacy?","Which statement best summarises the writer’s overall view of social media?",950,{"id":47,"username":48,"first_name":49,"last_name":50,"image":51},23948,"harley-davidson","Harley","Davidson","https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJD0KETXvAHpaISIfOtHmvNQSo2JhJOkmYOleW8KnChRvrtStjD=s96-c","B2","Reading","Long Text","long-text","Create an exercise about the advantages and disadvantages of social media","Professional",{"times_played":59,"num_favorites":59},1,"2026-05-24T08:59:38",null,false,true]