Talk:Social networking service/Archives/2019

Neutrality of section "Breaking up"

I have a few concerns about the neutrality of this section. The first sentence begins neutrally enough, introducing the phenomenon of online breakups while appropriately leaving the evidence to the later sentences; however, after the first comma, we have a non-neutral argument: "proving that although new media is being used as a tool for connecting with individuals, it is now creating new problems associated with disconnecting from others." The suggestion that anything is "proved" seems to me inappropriate for Wikipedia, especially when no evidence has (yet) been provided to back up that statement. The paragraph goes on to say that "people are now starting to end relationships by simply changing their relationship status" (whether that's adequately supported is another story) and that "The problem with that is that you are left with no closure and the entire online world now knows you are no longer in a relationship." Seems more like this section is trying to participate in the debate than describe it. I could go on, but the whole section is like this, and it would take too long to track down all the examples. Would love some opinions about whether/how the section might be salvaged. I think it could be OK if we explicitly mention commentators who have made the points in this section, remove or replace the hypothetical second-person language, include some opposing viewpoints, and emphasize the statistics/studies. Wham Bam Rock II (talk) 20:46, 19 December 2019 (UTC)