Some responses on a passenge at Knowledge@Wharton Network, "My Space, Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites: Hot Today, Gone Tomorrow? " Errr... not really!! Social networks are the largest portion of the social web, measured in users. Social networks have been around for many years as have basic forums. However, these tools have been used by certain small groups. Social networks of today have a huge spread. Three in four Internet users access social tools to connect with each other.
Social network services include sites such as MySpace, hi5, Facebook, and many more. MySpace is the largest of these categories, closely followed by Facebook. What is characteristic of social network pages is that they include certain broad features. The ability to communicate, congregate in groups, support causes, comment on actions, let friends know what is going on, create events and so on are all examples of available features. Social networking is never ending. They will only becoming bigger and more...
Social network services include sites such as MySpace, hi5, Facebook, and many more. MySpace is the largest of these categories, closely followed by Facebook. What is characteristic of social network pages is that they include certain broad features. The ability to communicate, congregate in groups, support causes, comment on actions, let friends know what is going on, create events and so on are all examples of available features. Social networking is never ending. They will only becoming bigger and more...
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