Social networking is a new way of communicating and sharing information between two or more individuals on an online community. Social networking sites offer a people a new and varied way to communicate via the internet. These sites allow people to easily and simply create their own online page or page and to construct and display an online network of contacts.
Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites. There are over 500 million active users all over the world.
Facebook is so popular because it is free to use. There have been many rumours that facebook was going to charge their users, but they confirmed that Facebook will always stay free.
Facebook is good to use as it has a chat feature. This allows you to talk to any of your contacts if they are online at the same time. It is used as an instant messaging feature so that it is an easy way to communicate with other people. It is also quicker than sending messages to each other.
On Facebook, you can also play many different games. Theres are hundreds of applications that you can use to play virtual and other games. You can play these against your friends. This makes using Facebook very enjoyable.
You can message people privatly, or write on their 'wall' which is viewable to all, so others can join in too. This is a good way of communicating with your friends.
There is also a feature which helps you to find friends and family from the past. You can enter information about yourself and it will give you suggestions of people that you may know. This makes it good to use as you could catch up with people that you may have lost contact with.
MySpace is also a social networking site. In 2006, it was the most popular social networking site used in the US. MySpace is very well known for making many bands and solo artists well known.
On MySpace, you can add applications to your profile. These could be games, quizzes or polls. You can use these for your own entertainment benefits. They will appear on your profile so that people can see it if they go onto view your profile.
You can also add a song onto your profile. This can be off of a band's direct profile or from anybody elses. This makes viewing your profile more enjoyable as when anybody goes onto your profile, your song will start playing.
You can also make and join events. You can make an event and invite your friends to it. It can be both private or public. This could be easier than inviting everybody directly. It is also an easy way of keeping up with everything.
MySpace is a very good way of communicating as you can comment people and send them messages. This is quick as your messages are delivered immediatly and you can get a quick reply.
This social networking site is a good way of keeping up to date with everybody as when your friends update something or add new pictures, it will automatically come up on your home screen in a news feed. You can then click on it to go straight there.
You can also post bulletins which are there for all of your friends to see. This is a good idea if you need to get a message t all of your friends, as it is quicker than sending it to them indivdually. Bulletins that your friends have posted will automatically appear on your home screen.
Advantages of social networking site are that they are usually free, therefore they are low cost. They are a very good way of communicating with others as they usually offer a chat feature. You can also message people. Another advantage is that as well as allowing you to stay connecting with your friends, they are also a good way of finding old friends and catching up with them.
A disadvantage of social networking sites is that it can be seen as being an invasion of privacy. You are putting out information about you that you would not wish for other people to know and you can never be 100% sure who your details are visible to. There is also a chance that you can get harassed or scammed. There is a potential for failure of security in both personal and business context.
"Paedophile postman used Facebook and Bebo to groom up to 1,000 children for sex"
After creating at least eigh fake profiles, Michael Williams targeted youngsters he met on his post round, on school runs as a taxi driver. He was arrested with around 460 different cases against him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1282157/Facebook-grooming-How-pervert-postman-used-site-groom-hundreds-children.html#ixzz0zPo372U8
"Bridgend bully spared jail for driving friend to suicide using networking site to form fake relationship"
A cyberbully who drove his best friend to the brink of suicide by tricking him into starting a gay relationship on a social networking site has been taken to court.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-515757/Bridgend-bully-spared-jail-driving-friend-suicide-using-networking-site-form-fake-relationship.html#ixzz0zPp3NcF4
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