An increasing number of people are moving away from meeting people physically, they are now more tuned towards connecting through the internet. In my opinion, this is a negative development because it can cause harmful situations later in life.
Firstly, this can impact adversely on the youths as they meet with all sorts of people without knowing their backgrounds. They are able to communicate with different individuals whom they do not know their history or family life and this can pose danger for them. For example, someone in Australia is able to speak freely with another human from Nigeria, who they have never met physically. They tell them everything about their lives, forgetting they cannot vouch for them.
Secondly, they end up spending the time that could have been used for more effective things talking to their friends on the net. Interacting with new individuals, especially from the same age group can be intriguing, fun and interesting as well. This tends to make them lose focus because they spend a majority of the day chatting or making video calls. For instance, a school student can easily be distracted during examinations by Whatsapp voice call, Skype or Instagram.
Finally, online applications save media, which are in the form of photos and videos and when these are shared, it can be used against them in the future. Despite being acquaintances, situations happen and someone may decide to start blackmailing the other person with a photo or video that was sent years ago.
In conclusion, meeting online is an unfavourable development and the government should place some restrictions on certain age category as regards online socialising, while the parents has the responsibility of sensitising their wards on the pros and cons of meeting people on the internet. 
An increasing number of  
people
 are moving away from meeting  
people
  physically
, they are  
now
 more tuned towards connecting through the internet. In my opinion, this is a  
negative
 development  
because
 it can cause harmful situations later in life. 
Firstly
, this can impact  
adversely
 on the youths as they  
meet
 with all sorts of  
people
 without knowing their backgrounds. They are able to communicate with  
different
 individuals whom they do not know their history or family life and this can pose  
danger
 for them.  
For example
, someone in Australia is able to speak  
freely
 with another human from Nigeria, who they have never met  
physically
. They  
tell
 them everything about their  
lives
, forgetting they cannot vouch for them. 
Secondly
, they  
end
 up spending the time that could have been  
used
 for more effective things talking to their friends on the net. Interacting with new individuals,  
especially
 from the same age group can be intriguing, fun and interesting  
as well
. This tends to  
make
 them lose focus  
because
 they spend a majority of the day chatting or making video calls.  
For instance
, a school student can  
easily
  be distracted
 during examinations by  
Whatsapp
 voice call, Skype or Instagram. 
Finally
, online applications save media, which are in the form of photos and videos and when these  
are shared
, it can be  
used
 against them in the future. Despite being acquaintances, situations happen and someone may decide to  
start
 blackmailing the other person with a photo or video that was  
sent
 years ago. 
In conclusion
, meeting online is an  
unfavourable
 development and the  
government
 should place  
some
 restrictions on certain age category as regards online  
socialising
, while the parents has the responsibility of  
sensitising
 their wards on the pros and cons of meeting  
people
 on the internet.