
Social Networking.. what's that?Then how about Facebook and Friendster. Seems familiar now?
Yeah, those are one of the social networking websites used by many people throughout the world
According to Wikipedia, A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, sexual relationships, kinship, dislike, conflict or trade.
Well, you wouldn't want to struggle just to understand that definition..
Simply, we know that in social networking, we make a network of relationships through the internet. We can share profiles, files, fotos, videos, and receive recent infos or status from our network of friends.
It's like making a society where the media is the internet. But not all cyber society can be considered as social networking..
So what does it have to do with Web 2.0? Well, social networking is a part of Web 2.0 where the web is more dynamic. So sharing, customizing, and community are some of the best words to describe Web 2.0.
In the early millenium, Friendster has become the most favourite social Networking..
It provides many features, and ables you to customize your own web page.
Then in 2004, Mark Zuckerburg founded Facebook. At that time, it was intended only to the students of Harvard. But then made it public in 2006.
Since then, the growth of Facebook has increased drastically. Up until now, facebook users had rised much more than friendster, and it is predicted by 2010, most people prefer using Facebook.
That fenomena has already happen in my Campus and my other friends. I myself made a Facebook account back in July last year, but at that time facebook was still rare among us. But approaching the end of 2008, one by one, my friends shifted from Friendster to Facebook due to the appearence of Web 3.0. Speed is the most consideration, and also, Facebook provides more applications and interactions between friends. Right now, Blogging has lessen because of Facebook. I haven't posted anything for a long time because of Facebook, and most of us have become addicted to it..
If you're new to the internet, and looking for something new, just join one of the social networking sites, and enjoy..!!
But do it in a reasonable proportion. We don't need to be addicted to social networking. Just do it to get it's use and benefit..
But be sure to be careful. In social networking, you share your infos to public. This is sensitive to information abusing because people can freely access your infos and use it. So just post reasonable and unprivate infos to your friends.
Happy social networking.. Read More..
Sunday, March 15, 2009 |
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