Internet for better or for worse?

I'm old enough to be able to remember a time when internet was sparse and when I had to wait for the dial up on AOL. When I started highschool I had little to no reliance on cell phones or computers, and I used a portable CD player up until it broke the summer before my sophmore year of college, when I finally got on the mainstream bus and bought an ipod. So as hard as I tried I could never have avoided the involvment of computers in my life. I don't consider computers and or the development of modern technology a bad thing, in fact I really don't think I could function without them having had them in my life for so long. I'd have to say that the two things that I really use the most are instant messaging and text messaging, because it is important for me to communicate with people and writing is one of the oldest forms of communication. I might even be the only one of my friends I know who uses instant messenger to talk to their parents. One way in which I believe internet is not benificial is one of the reasons I tried to resist having a dependancy on it, it creates obsessive behaviors in people. Websites such as myspace and facebook are addictive to people who have nothing better to do, their lives get sucked into their little webpages and they become obsessed. People have started being harassed through these sites, pedophiles are using them as prowling grounds and insane girlfriends or boyfriends are using them to have control over their significant others and watch their every move. These are just some examples of what these obssesive websites have been creating in our society. Even though this is one huge negative factor for me I still find that the internet is a huge positive aspect of my life.