social networking

Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision.I am going to base my blog on one specific social networking site, i am sure everybody is familiar enough with it because nearly everyone i know is on it both young and old "FACEBOOK".I will although name the rest of the social networking sites that i am familiar with, Bebo, Twitter etc! I know there is allot more out there, and from my picture you can see that there is soo many out there! but they are the main sites that i would be familiar with because I am a member of all three.Social networking is also known as virtual communities, the idea of this growing phenomenal, is a sense of togetherness for all involved! Virtual communities link sooo many people together, and the idea behind it is the linking of people that have the same interests and that want to stay connected with people.
Now i am going to speak to you a bit about facebook. At present there are over 300 million people worldwide signed up to facebook! Bebo use to be the craze but i have found that people have replaced their bebo pages with facebook pages, myself included! Facebook is not only used for personal use, corporate businesses are also setting up facebook pages in order to get themselves out there, id say they choose to do this because they know that facebook have by far the largest amount of users. I feel this is a very smart and cost effective way to create brand awareness and a cheaper form of advertising that any other media platforms used. As part of our ebusiness course we were also asked to set up a blog, this is also a form of social networking. I have to say i do enjoy updating my blogs because it is very like updating your diary. Although it is a diary that can be read by all. The difference between blogger and facebook is, anyone can look at your blog page even if they are not following you, You do have the option of making your page private from non followere but sure what would the fun be in that!
Unlike facebook, you must be friends with the person you choose to leave a comment to. I do feel that it is good that anyone can log into your blog page and leave a comment without signed in first, because i feel it is good to get oppinions of other people about particular topics. I have to say i love this new craze of social netwoking and how it has got soo popular! It helps you stay connected with everyone, and it is fun to be on, there are soo many applications you can add, Farm town was my favourite, I have not got into farm ville though, i know if i do i would never get any work done this year! When i was in France on my erasmus year abroad it was great to have and i don't know what i would have done without my social sites. It was easier for me to drop a comment on someones facebook rather than phone them, it was allot cheaper and from my page everyone was able to see how i was getting on in France with changing my status every so often and new photos i had uploaded and photos i had been tagged in. Anyone that has not yet set up a facebook page i do highly reccomend you get onto www.facebook.com ad get yourself signed up! i should work for facebook! haha