azza1625/createdebate-arguments huggingface dataset:
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

You have made very relevant points. However, should you always use your phone and go onto social media when you are in the presence of strangers, you will never be able to meet new people and make new friends. Certainly when you are in a new environment like in a new school or workplace, you will be surrounded by strangers and according to what you have said, people would find it more comfortable to access social media. That just shows that people of this world have became less sociable and the effects are showing. Should all people continue down this path, people will have less bonds with others and soon your life will be dominated by social media, talking more to those that you see very seldom and talking to the people that you see everyday very seldom. So, I maintain my stand that social media makes people less sociable.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Yes i agree that Social Media has made us less social because a face to face conversation with a friend or anyone is always better and more truthful and also social media would cause a lot of misunderstanding as we are behind our computer having conversation with another party but not knowing what their feelings are and also how they are reacting, that will cause a lot of misunderstanding and the next time when they met, it will be pretty awkward and thus becoming more and more less social with the real world
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

With social media, we are able to connect with each other using devices like the WebCam to look at each other and judge their reaction. The advancement in technology has helped us to solve the problem of not meeting face to face with each other, so it is not a hinder anymore.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

So you're saying that majority of us are going to stay home in front of our computer and webcam everyday? Yes it is an easier way to communicate with existing friends but what about those who are yet to be friends, starting an conversation in social media will not be wise as the first impression is a very powerful source that will creates how the party sees you the next time, and to change the first impression it will be close to impossible unless there's a drastic change that can be seen easily
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

But social media eliminate the awkwardness that would happen when you talk face-to-face. So the use of social media allows you to expand your friend circle
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

And then, when you happens to have the need of talking to the person, the awkwardness will still be there. So your argument is invalid, please try again later
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

The usage of social media has also resulted in the human heart to turn cold.Displaying of emotions and affections are always done online and this results in the wrapping of reality and Humans tend to give cold and empty words with very little emotions.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Social media has made us less social to the point where people prefer to meet online rather than meet face to face. This makes us less social as people tend to act differently on social media as they can hide their identity, so in real life a person who you thought was your friend on social media, could actually be a person you despise.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

It is good as it allows students to collaborate over projects by communicating over social media, it can also help students revise
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Yes.But the Question is about being social.Social media would allow effective workflow and work communication but does that mean social communication and understanding is present?
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Its true that communication is much more accesible but then again overuse become another problem, addiction. So why not do it normally face to face, it would make things much easier and achieve the same effect.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

With social media you are able to understand stuff that people do not know what to say in real life. Like for xample people have blogs to rant and stuff. And youtubers to tell the world how they feel against the world
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

With the increasing accessibility to technology everywhere, for example China which from technologically backed downed, now has the highest number of internet users. People are starting to use social media instead of communicating normally, stating things that we wont normally say face to face. :D
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

The point you made about using social media to state things that people would normally not say face-to-face should improve relationships as they obviously remove the initial awkwardness of meeting face-to-face.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

In that case, communicating face to face is the best way to removing this awkwardness. Communicating through the internet might only remove the awkwardness when you're on the internet but the same amount of awkwardness comes back if you were to meet the person in real life? Awkward much..... Bella :D
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

I agree with Siddharth. Social media does indeed break the ice. And how would meeting a person you do not know at all, face-to-face, help to remove this awkwardness? Social media should be used to ease this awkwardness.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Indeed, Social media helps us to break the ice before meeting our new friends and able to go on and spend enjoyable time.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Even so, but in the social circle, social media has made us more social. No?
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

It makes things awkward in actual life even if awkwardness is removed in virtual life so making us less social in real life which is more important. No ?
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

I agree with this statement as nowadays, once students get back home, first thing they do is go onto Facebook. Although they get to interact with their friends, their family is ignored most of the time and their parents only see them for dinner. Students which do not use social media have more of a 'life' and can go out to interact with friends, rather than hiding behind a computer. When I go out with my friends, most of the time they are on their phones and busily typing away on Facebook or Twitter. Conservation hardly develops.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Another study shows that in social media, people often create their own idealize persona to make up for what they are lacking in the real world.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Definitely as going online is very boring. what else can you do other than chat and do other stuff. I rather go out and play soccer ^^ with my friends stay healthy stay fit :)
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

People supporting social media often say that social media can be used to find people with common interests via "likes". However, seeing as most posts on facebook nowadays are "LIKE THIS STATUS IF YOU SUPPORT insert lame thing a here SHARE THIS IF YOU SUPPORT insert lame thing b here" I do not agree
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

people are most likely to get isolated it has also changed the fact that we don't interact with no one anymore some people get bullied, or get insecure and poor-self esteem
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

I do not agree. Although the physical interaction between people may have been reduced due to social networking, I think that social networking actually gives us a chance to become more social and it also allows us to chat and interact with each other even if we are not interacting face-to-face. This actually allows more time for us to interact with our friends which actually makes us more social, though it can affect how we interact with others in the real world.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Well said .
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

I would think it has made us more social as we are able to get to know people better through the use of social media. For example, we get to know about what people are doing and where they are(twitter) and maybe find out some common interests via their "likes" on facebook?
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

But what is the point of knowing what they doing when you are both at different places . Instead of tweeting or even posting what they are doing , isn't it better to be doing different forms of activities together so you can have a common experience in person ? And rather than finding out what they like by looking through the facebook page , why not go out and experience them with each other and maybe enjoy that common interest together
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

when you find out what they're doing from their posts you can call them and meet up with them or something if you happen to be nearby the area. and you wouldn't exactly know what common interests you have until after you become very good friends(which take some time). through the use of facebook you could find out about their interests faster and become better friends.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Why take the time to meet up , when you can be at the same place together and deciding what to do . Planning things online may not always be perfect as there are different factors that may change for example , the movie is fully booked etc . When you are at the place itself though , you are able to walk around and discuss what you would rather do . Although being friends with someone may take time , you get to bond together through common events that have happened or conversations . Talking online may not necessarily make you friends as they may not be free at that time and just rush off a reply to satisfy you
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

If you simply define social by knowing what people are doing then being social is meaningless. Sociable should be define as interacting and communicating with the person, not only knowing what they are doing but doing the activity with them. If you define social as knowing what they are doing, then a busybody is social and someone that is intruding your privacy is social, there are reasons that these type of people like those who invade privacy and busybodies are not considered social and that is because social is not just simple knowing. It is being there and interacting.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Indeed, just by knowing what others are doing is definitely NOT socialising. However, users of social media who are just "looking at" what others are doing are called "lurkers". Most people would comment, like, reply and chat with others on social media, which is a perfectly good way of socialising as socialising may not necessarily mean that you have to meet up face-to-face.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

True, but as I said, I believe that socializing has an element of interacting with the person. Definitely, talking to a person online has no interaction and hence bonds will not be build. Even if they are build, you will always be known as a friend that can only be talked to online. You will only become a true friend that one can count on when you interact with them face to face and the person can trust you since there is not "delete" button like there is online. You may see people can still lie, but people can see through and you will soon be found out. Online, you may never know as you may never be able to read off the person's emotion. Hence, social media makes you more socially awkward as you can never talk to the person face to face until you decide to become SOCIABLE and interact with the person.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Despite causing a minority of society to be less social, the majority of social networking users utilize these social media platforms to quantify and make their personal relationships visible and in many cases, drastically improve their relationships with others.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

It is indeed true and i agree with Keming, social networks allow people to be friends and know more about them individually.This will make them more social when going out with a group of friends
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Social networks will actually cause a problem when you go out with your friends. Most of the time your friends would be concentrated on their phones with Facebook and Twitter on, and you can't really spend time with them well
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Social networks enable friends to be much closer than before and their able to multi-task when going out. As checking the social networks enables them to have the latest update, they are able to manage to spend time with their friends on the go as well.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Most people know where to draw the line and will not constantly remain on their phones while with friends or family, and will generally use their devices when they are alone, commuting or surrounded by people they do not know.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

That is when your friends should draw the line of making social networking the centre of their social lives. I believe that if they indeed are your friends, they would rather spend time with you rather than on their phones and chatting or interacting with others on Facebook and Twitter.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

I strongly disagree that social media has made us less social. This statement is backed up by the fact that for example in Saudi Arabia the free interaction of man and women is forbidden. Therefore only with the help of the social media, the people were able to raise concerns and issues and discuss among themselves. Without the help of social media this would not have happened.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

That might just be one of the few isolated incidences that social media has helped in suck problems. I agree to a certain extent that it may be helpful at times, but on a wider scale increasing number of people are also getting too addicted to social media, after it became more accessible. For example the overuse of Instagram :D.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Whether it becomes and addiction or not depends on each individual. You can decide whether you use Social Media to help you connect with people from isolated places or abusing to an extent that you are overusing it.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

If we were to use social media and communicate online instead, wouldnt it show more commitment to just walk up straight to them to make friends ? If we always shrink to social media on the internet to replace social interaction in real life, then addiction is soon to come.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

But through instagram many are able to make friends with you. When you post a picture many people might like it showing that you have common interests with them. This only flourishes your friendship.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

The social media has been a great way to allow people to be more well aware of the happenings in the world and thus we can be more equipped with knowledge.Most of us probably wouldn't know about most happenings if it wasnt for twitter trends.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

I would believe that even though people may say that they interact mor on facebook and other social networking sites, all the more they should of lets say they do not have the tome to meet up and it does help to keep in contact with friends overseas. By calling people overseas cause money, so why call when people can interact using networking sites for free? And it is also a way to share what people have been doing recently and it would be a waste of time telling everyone of the exciting news that he or she would want to share. An example would be sharing photos on the web, to show that he or she is having a good time. And I do find that networking interaction is more efficient. It can not only be that, but asking and making arrangements to meet up with friends. So I really do not agree that networking interaction is ruining our lives.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

That is one side of the coin.Social media has its benefits...But in the long run..emotions would be drained out of human beings.In the future,Human beings might just be online all day,thinking that they are making "friends",when they are actually not.There is a huge level of delusion in social media.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

OBJECTION! It has made us more social in a way as it allows us to communicate with people more easily with the use of social media, making us more social
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

If social media has made us more social, logically we would have more friends in real life. How many friends do you have in real life?
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

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Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Social Media has allowed us to connect with the outside world- people from different countries and places. We get to find out more about the different cultures and to interact with people all around the world to have better knowledge of others.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

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Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

That's why we have social media to be able to communicate and connect with people of Nigeria, Russia and America to find out more about them, instead of only being around friends that you already know for years.. Making new friends/knowing more people will help you understand more about different types of people.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

So what you are saying is about understanding of culture?How well do you know the people of Nigeria?Russia?America? ..Most of the friends on your social media platforms would be either mutual friends or the friends you personally know..
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

but you see, these countries have lesser numbers of people using facebook. and when people share photos on facebook about their country we can find out more about the way they "operate" so to speak
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Which one of you have actually made friends with people from other countries?Tell me!Showing a level of hypocrisy in this debate is meaningless..All people do is rant and rant of twitter and rant...and rant.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

It has made us more social as it allows us to keep in touch with friends.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

With social media you are able to understand stuff that people do not know what to say in real life. Like for xample people have blogs to rant and stuff. And youtubers to tell the world how they feel against the world
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

Social Media has made us more social as it allows us to know more about the world and keep in touch with our interests and our friends. For example, one might be in a clique where everyone is crazy over technology and visiting tech-related websites such as lifehacker would be able to help develop that individual's interest and be able to talk about technology with his friends on the same level.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

One might think that social media is causing us to drift away from our friend because of the excess use of tools to communicate virtually instead of in real life. However I feel that this is also a way of socializing but just not in a traditional manner which one would expect. It helps us keep in touch with our friends and allows us to talk and interact with them while we are at home. While we are miles apart say in another country communication is still possible through social media.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: Against

I highly disagree with that statement as social Media does not make us less social. In fact, they have made us more social, because social media like Facebook helps us introduce our friends to other friends so we could have more friends. Therefore, Social media has made us more social.
Debate: S2-06 Social Media has Made Us Less Social. Do you agree? (Classroom Lesson)
Side: For

Even if you have more friends online does not mean you are a good friend to them,will they help you when you are in trouble like a real life friend whom you have shared experiences with.