Is social media bad for us?

I was sent 30 Day Facebook Fast  link today and i really wanted to share this with you all and share my ideas on it.

Firstly he puts me on the wrong foot by calling his blog "personal development for Smart people", what right does he have to judge if your a smart person or not? But that is not the point here.

He does have some valid points and those points are exactly why I am teaching people to how to use social media more effectively so that it works for us and we are not working for social media. Social media can be an unruly beast if you do not understand how to control it.

What his is doing is is having what is called a media-related moral panic and it happens every time a new medium evolves, it happened with newspaper, radio (Google "War of the Worlds") it happened with TV "it with fry our kids brains" and it is historically speaking a normal reaction.

It is an amazing subject and what is most fascinating about media moral panics is they continue to happen no matter how advanced the technology.  We all value free speech but when a new technology comes along why is it all of a sudden bad for us? I believe we have a choice and I choose to see the benefits but not be naive to the negative but balance is the key! I would love to hear your thoughts!