The Effect of 2go on Students

The Effect of 2go on Students

students has involve themselves in this mobile messenger called 2go, and this has lead to poor reading culture
in te polytechnic, the mobile messenger has made the students to be chatting frequently even in the
tiolet,classroom and church. this article is publish to inculcate the students on how to minimize their
involvments in 2go. information was gotten from primary source (interviews) and internet.

Introduction
2go is a mobile messenger that allows you as a person to communicate or convey messages and
information to a friend for free. It is a social network of millions of people, where you can meet people, talk to
friends, share files and pictures all over the world. 2go mobile messenger is good application programs that
can enable you keep in touch with your friends and families always. The best thing about this tool is that it is
free to use.
This application program is basically used by millions of people in the world most especially, Imo
State Polytechnic students. You can simply need to create and setup your profile and then you can start
interacting (charting) with new people, talking to your friends, sharing files, and pictures with them and have
funs right from your mobile phones. Using 2go, you can interact with your friends for free.
However, the application does not require a network connections on your phone, and charges may
vary from one mobile operator to the other (eg MTN, GLO), but the cost of network is still significantly less
compared to the cost of SMS, face book, twitter or yahoo messenger. Using it, is very easy, you simply need
to download and install the application on your phone from the website www.2go.co.za/. The best part about
the application is that you can chat with friends anywhere anytime you want. Using this tool, you can also
connect to other charting network including face book, delicious, twitter, my space, my life, my world, mxit,
bolt, and blog spots. Simply fill the registration form online, download the application on your phone and start
charting right away.

Features of 2go Mobile Messenger
1. 2go, as a mobile messenger, it has a provision of storing files and information
2. It has an application for uploading of pictures and videos
3.It is designed for charting, with an easy terminal protocol for easy sending and receiving of
   information through electromagnetic wave.
4. It enables easy access to users’ phone numbers and email address.
5. It is generally accepted by every GSM service provider.
6. It also enables the students to update their pictures on daily basis.
7. It is widely used by students including those of Imo Poly.
8. it has a maximum of 400x600 screen resolution on GSM
9. 2go has an inbox for storing of received and sent messages
10. It is limited to genuine mobile phones only (Nokia, Samsung not China phones).

Positive Effect of 2go on  students
2go has exposed Imo Poly students to the importance of internet and social networks: However, Onyedika
Obikwelu, ND II Business Administration admitted that 2go has exposed the students in the aspect of
communications and chatting. Vitus Mbachu, Agric Engineering Ex-student, said that 2go has enhanced the
social life of our youth and development of the world. Nkechi Akano, NDI Business Admin, vowed that 2go
has made our young ladies to get married unlike before. Her sister Lucy Akano NDII OTM who spoke with
courage said that 2go has rendered a lot of connections to Imo Poly students and Business men. Amadi
Ikechukwu, HNDII Business Administration said that 2go has made dating and sex easy for students,
meanwhile narrating it as a positive effect.
Negative effect of 2go on students
Uzoma NDII Civil Engineering, spoke with bitterness that 2go has unleashed poor reading culture on
our students and also instigating a lot of sexual immoralities on them. He also explained how his girl
friend was cooking and “2going” at the same time. This he lamented as an unfair attitude of her.
He also added that 2go contain devilish and un educating spirit, in the sense that, by their fruit we
shall know them.

Okoronze Kennedy, HND II Microbiology also explains that our students now get girl friends easily
through 2go. He also emphasizes that majority of the boys now have 2-5 girl friends, which he
concluded as bad and negative effect.

Onuoha Rowland NDII Electrical Engineering expresses his experiences with bitterness that 2go has
been deceiving a lot of students thereby inculcating bad emotions of life in them.

General Advantages of 2go to students
· It reduces the cost of communication than other means of communication
· It is easily accessible to students
· It minimized the high rate of losing phones by students
· It is free to download, and cheaper to subscribe to
· It gives access to frequent chatting
· It has also made the students to buy original phones (e.g Nokia)
General Disadvantages of 2go to Students
· It enhances poor reading culture in Imo Poly, meanwhile not a sine-quanon.
· It is easily accessibly anytime anywhere, thereby creating a lot of nuisance in the school
It kills battery, thereby requiring frequently charging of their phones., 50% of students now have low
battery each day
·It has made a lot of students to lack spellings and difficult to speak good English (eg O Boy wia u
dey, wadup, xup, kul, 5n)