Social networking sites can help build friendships and keep those in touch, but can become risky when people start to build fake identities and lose sight in who they are in face to face communication with others. In other words, social media can be as risky as you allow it to be. Researcher, Greenfield focuses on the effects that social media plays on people’s identities in the chapter “Social networking and identities.” She has an overall argument that social media has a negative effect and is conforming the human population involved with social media, more specifically teens. Even though I agree with most of what she has to say, I still have some doubt. Greenfield states, “Living in the context of the screen might suggest false norms of desirable lifestyles awash with friends and parties. As ordinary human beings follow the activities of these golden individual’s, self-esteem will inevitable plummet; yet the constant narcissistic obsession with the self and its inadequacies will dominate.” This is something that I agree to disagree with. Self-esteem and narcissistic behaviors may be more prevalent now in time, but doesn’t mean that everyone who uses social media will suffer from these traits. I do agree that seeing others post something that seems favorable to one might have a greater attraction and persuade one on trying to be more like that. In my opinion, one who has low self-esteem most likely had it before they used social media. I do believe that social media can deepen and worsen one’s self-esteem, but their look on themselves must have already been some sort of damaged before. Some might argue, and say that people could have perfect self-esteem, and have it become weakened by using social media as an outlet, by constantly comparing themselves to others, but then the question comes into play; is that really social media’s fault or is the person’s will power just not strong enough.