Whether a person is chatting online with a friend from their school or searching on a social networking site for new friends they have never met before, the outcome of social media social is not always positive. and as fun as users think. Although the purpose of social media is to safely connect with people on the Internet, it causes negative circumstances and negatively impacts users, leading to harmful outcomes. Many users register on social networking sites and go through a series of steps to create their profile. After designing your profile, adding photos, videos and things you like, users have the option to keep their profile visible for all users to see and access posts on their profile or they can make their profile private so that only certain users can see it and access the posts on their profile. Although many social networking sites guarantee the privacy of their users who choose to keep their profile private and visible only to certain users, privacy is not always secure and information is easy to obtain even if users actually thought that their information was private. Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter may have your profile private, but when you type your name into Google or many search engines, many of your posts listed as "private" on your profile have been connected and linked to Google or to Google. another search engine allowing any social network to see them. Another privacy issue that may surprise many users is the steps and process you need to follow to make a photo or post private. Social media sites may allow you to keep your profile private, but for every message you type, you have to manually edit it p...... middle of paper ...... such as harassment, intimidation and predation that can occur on their site and this is why detrimental results can occur. In conclusion, although the main purpose of social media is to safely connect with people on the Internet, it causes negative circumstances to unfold and negatively impacts users. , leading to damaging results. These harmful and detrimental results: lack of privacy, negative effects on employment, harassment, intimidation and predation are all reasons why social networks cause negative circumstances for most users who register on one of the social networking sites. Many users need to understand how dangerous a social networking site can be, even if the social networking site claims that its site is safe. Overall, social media sites lack privacy, security, and beneficial results for their users..