Let's talk about the good of it first. There are really several factors to it all. As far as I'm concerned, whenever I have any forms of questions in my head, I would log on and try to obtain the answers that I need to the never-ending questions in my head. And to be honest, 90% the whole time I am able to get the answers that I seek and need. In short, social forums do give me the best information ever; like whose who, the best economical car and stuff and a great many things. In fact, whenever I have doubts to anything at all that I couldn't possibly get the answer from my friend or something, I would seek help and answers from a social forum. There are a few of my favorites actually, and there are 1 or 2 that I like that help me to even earn some pennies while I seek the answers. Pretty interactive, and fun nevertheless, right?
Now, to the bad of it. The information that you sometimes get from social forums could be purely incest to make bad out of a situation. Like some people say, "Making a mole out of a hill." I think it is true up to a point, and the bad of it in social forums would be that people tend to exaggerate and will keep sprouting nonsense and add on to any doubts that you may have and hence, giving you that kind of uncanny feeling that you dread. Another bad thing would be that if you are the type that rely too much on a particular forum, is bad as well. I wouldn't want to be in that kind of situation, really.
So, general readers, you make your choice. But personally to me, as long as you know when to draw a line between good and bad, then social forums are still safe for you to venture into. Make the best out of it, and try to get good, social fun. Just as the name suggests. Other than that, then you are out to finding trouble. There are also cases whereby people get new ideas in getting new hobbies and stuff like that, and even to the point of finding new ways to earn money from the internet. Interesting, if you ask me and personally, I would never separate myself from social forums. Let's just say it's my way of life, hmm?