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General Concept of Social Networking

Social Networking has become very popular in recent years, but it can still be
quite difficult to understand this concept, particularly if he/she is new to this
phenomenon. Once signed onto a social network, having answered a few basic
profile questions, you would sit back and wonder what you are supposed to do
next!!

The websites that offer social networking tools are known as known as social
networking sites. These websites function as an online community of internet
users. Depending on the website in question, many of these online community
members share common interests in hobbies, religion, politics and alternative
lifestyles. Once you are granted access to a social networking website you can
begin to socialise. This socialisation may include reading the profile pages of other
members and possibly even contacting them.

This is because unlike most high schools, colleges or workplaces, the internet is
filled with millions of individuals who are looking to meet other people, to gather
and share first-hand information and experiences about cooking, golfing,
gardening, developing friendships professional alliances, finding employment,
business-to-business marketing and even groups sharing information. The topics
and interests are as varied and rich as the story of our universe.

The easiest way to understand social networking is to think of it like high school.
You had friends in school, and you knew quite a few people even if you weren't
friends with all of them, but it's likely that you didn't know everyone. If you ever
moved to a new school or if you can imagine moving to a new school, you start
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out with no friends. After attending classes, you start meeting people and as you
meet them, you begin associating with those that have similar interests.

Getting started with social networking is much the same as starting at a new
school. At first, you don't have any friends. But as you join groups, you begin to
meet people, and you build a friends list of those with similar interests.

Social networking is based on a certain structure that allows people to both

express their individuality and meet people with similar interests. This structure
includes having profiles, friends, blog posts, widgets and usually something
unique to that particular social networking website -- such as the ability to 'poke'
people using those websites (Facebook, Hi5). The terms widely used in Social
Networking are Post, Friends, Profile, Groups, Discussions, Blogs, Requests,
Forums, Widgets etc.

Friends:
Friends are trusted members of the site that are allowed to post comments on
your profile or send you private messages. You can also keep tabs on how your
friends are using social networking, such as when they post a new picture or
update their profile. Friends are the heart and soul of social networking. It should
be noted that not all social networks refer to them as 'friends' - LinkedIn refers to
them as 'connections' - but all social networks have a way to designate members
as trusted.

Profile:
This is where you tell the world about yourself. Profiles contain basic information,
like where you live and how old you are and personality questions, like who's your

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favorite actor and what's your favorite book. Social networks dedicated to a
special theme like music or movies might ask questions related to that theme.

Groups:
Most social networks use groups to help you find people with similar interests or
engage in discussions on certain topics. A group can be anything from People who
like "Games", "Movies" to "Jobs" etc.; they are both a way to connect with like-
minded people and a way to identify your interests.

Discussions:
A primary focus of groups is to create interaction between users in the form of
discussions. Most social networking websites support discussion boards for the
groups, and many also allow members of the group to post videos, pictures,
music, and other material related to the group.

Blogs:
Another feature of some social networks is the ability to create your own blog
entries. Blog can be defined as virtual diary of someone who updates regularly.
Blogging through a social network is perfect for keeping people informed on what
you are up to.

Providers of Blogs: Blogger, LiveJournal, wordpress, Bravenet, Typepad etc.

Widgets:
A web widget is a small helpful software program embedded directly into a web
page. It’s a popular way of letting your personality shine through is by gracing

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your social networking profile with web widgets. Many social networks allow a
variety of widgets and you can usually find interesting widgets located on widget
galleries.

Examples of Widgets: Daily weather reports, Clocks and countdown timers, Blog
Feeds, Joke of the days etc.

Why Start Social Networking is so popular:

Social Networking is a nice form of entertainment, great for meeting people with
similar interests and can be a very effective business technique for entrepreneurs,
writers, actors, musicians or artists. Most of us have hobbies or things that we are
keenly interested in such as books, television, video games or movies. Social
networks allow us to reach out to others that have the same interests.

For example, if you like movies, Flixster can help you decide if you might like a
new movie just out at the theaters. If you like music, Last.FM can help you find
new artists that are similar to your favorite bands.

Social impact of social networking websites:

Web-based social networking services make it possible to connect people who
share interests and activities across political, economic and geographic borders
through e-mail and instant messaging, online communities. Information is
particularly suited to gift economy, as information is a non rival good and can be
gifted at practically no cost.

Facebook and other social networking tools are increasingly the object of
scholarly research. Scholars in many fields have begun to investigate the impact

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plee beg t is naatu
b gan saatissfyyingg th neceesssityy in on
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ne
co
ommun s ch aas internet for
nitiiess suc f rum
ms. Th
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on of ociial fo
o thesse so orum
ms
resulteed in to
odaay’s glo
obbal so
ocial neetw
woorkkingg.

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To ne has heaard
e eryyon doof the
t e mo
mostt pop s cial net
p pularr soc n tw
worrk–– Fac bookk – but
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there arre m
man m re soccial ne
ny mo n tw
worrkss tha
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oppular
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omme off theesee are
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or sha
s ariingg in
nfo
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maation
n, so
s mee can
c n he
h lp yo
ou
nd a neew
fin w jo
ob,, so
om
me arre ussed
d for
f r sh
harin
ng videeoss, mu
musiic or d som
o piictturress and mee are
un
nitiingg me
mem o a paartticu
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o tthee mo
ostt int
i terresstin
ng
so
ociaal ne
netw
workss theeree are an
nd wha
w at maakees th
hem
m so
o reem
marrkaable.

1. Fac
F cebo
oo
ok::
Faceebo
ook is a global so
ob ociial netw
wo
orkk, wh
hicch hu
undrred m lio
ds off mil onss of
o users use
u e to
t
onn
co necct an
nd sh
harre co
ontten
nt.. C
Currrenttly,, Faceb
boo
ok haas mor
m re than
n 900
9 0mmillio
on usserrs.
Affter reg
r gissteerin
ng on
o Faaceebook, you
oo u m
maay crreaatee you
y ur
ow p ofile an
wn perssonaal pro dd frriend
nd ad ds tthaat yo
ou wan
nt to
t
u dates, pho
sharre sttatuss upd oto
os, vid
v eoos orr cchaat wit
w h.
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urtheerm
mo
oree, the
t eree are
a e Faceb ok Paages, wh
boo w ich
h you
y u ccan
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co
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nityy tthaat haas a co
ommon
n in
nteereestt – faavo
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p pu
ular bra
b and, faavo
oritte
ompaanyy etc
co e c. Yo
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mustt be 3 yeaars off age n ord
a e in o deer tto crreaatee a Faaceb
boo
ok
accco
oun
nt.

2. Twittterr:

Tw
wittteer is a so
s ciaal neetw
wo
orkk, but iss drrassticcallly
t an Faaceeb
difffeereentt tha ok.. Itt is a micrro--pu
boo ubllish
hin
ng
systeem w ich
m, wh h allow you to
wss yo o co
ommposse sh
hoort
meessaggees off 140 c araactterrs that are kno
1 0 cha k owwn ass “Tw
“ we
eetts””. To
o cre
c eatte yo
our o
owwn
Twittter com
Tw c mm
mu ou caan ‘fo
uniityy – yo ollow
w’ so
ommeo
onee in or t reeceeive the
o deer to weeetts in
t eirr Tw
yo
ourr new
n wss feeeed orr yyou
u can
c n bee ‘ffolllo
owe
edd’ b
byy oth
o herrs an
nd th
heyy wil
w ll rrecceivee yyou
ur
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Tw nottheer sp c araactterissticc of
pecciaal ch o Tw
Twittter iss tthee use
u eoof ha
ash
h ttag
gs in ordeer
to reeach
h a largeer au
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u ingg a ha
hash
h tag
t g ssym
mb wittter) ottheer
bol ((e.g. #TTw
Twittter use
Tw u erss tha
t at arre fo
ollo
owwingg tha
t at paartticulaar ha ag arre more likkelyy to
ash ta t seee
yo
ourr Tweeetts..

3. You
uTTub
bee:
Off ccou
ursse, YYou
uTu
ub
be is no
ot co
onnsid
dered ass a soc
s cial m
meediia platfform
m; it haas so
ociial
dia chaaraactterristticss an
meed v ry po
and is ver oppular,, thu
t us m ng itt wo
makin worth men
m ntion
nin
ng.
ouTTube
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v eoo-shaarin
ngg w
web
bsiite w ere yo
e wh you caan
vie
eww, sh
harre, upl
u loaad,, com
c mm
meentt on l e orr dis
o , lik d likke
deoss. The
vid T e ma
majo
oritty of th
he co nt that is up
ontten plo
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deed
to Yo
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oriiginaatees fro
f om
m in
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diviidu p rso
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owwevverr, the
t eree are
aem maanyy off
o ficiial
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“ haann
nels”” for
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paniees,, ba
b nd
ds, sing
s geers etc
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t uplo
ommen
co nt or
o likke//disllike
e vid os yo
v deo t crreaatee a You
ou haavve to Y uTu
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nt. How
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un
nreegisteereed useers arre sttill allloweed to
o wa
watcch vid
deeoss. Yo
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be iss in
ncllud
ded
d in th
his
listt, beecaausse it has its ow
own co
ommm
mun nd sim
nitty an miilar tto ottheer so
ociaal neetw
wo
orkks, yo
ou
can “liike
e” co
ontten
nt,, in witth ottheer ussers,, and
nteeraactt w w the Ch
d ffollow han
nnnelss tha
t at yo
ou
fin
nd intteresstingg.

4. Liinke
edIn:
It is a so
ocial n two
net ork desiggnateed
de d fo
or
“p
pro
ofe
esssio
onaalss”. Thi
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t at par
p rt off yyou
ur
Lin
nkeedIn profilee tha
t at is mos
m st im
mpo
orttan our car
nt is yo c reeer,, jo
obs, ed on an
duccattio nd ottheer
Many users are
skillss. Ma a e no
n lo
onggerr sen
s ndiingg the
t e tradittio
onaal Cu
Curricu
ulu
um
mVVitaae to
o the
t eir
po
oteenttial em
employyers;; inssteead
d the s ndingg th
t ey aaree sen m a lin
t em nk to heir Lin
o th nkeedIn
profilee. Sur
S rprrisingglyy, m
maanyy em
employyerrs aaree eve uirring job
e en reequ ndiidaatees to provvid
j b ccan de
theirr Lin
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p ofiile with
w h the
t eir co B sides alllowiingg you
oveer leetteer.. Bes t pu
y u to ubllish
h yyou
ur
CV nked
V, Lin dIn allo
a ow ws usserrs to
o jo
oin
n gro
g ouupss, use ap
ppllicaatiion p st yo
ns,, pos our bu ness
busin
nces, aand
refferren s arcch for any
d sea a y typ
pe of bu
usiineesss con
c ntaactt. Ad
A dittio
onaallyy, tthiis bu ness
busin
ociaal neetw
so work is an iinvvalluaable to
ool fo
or man
naggerrs an
nd hu
um
man res
r sourcee direecttorrs.
This so
Th ocial neetw
wo ps man
orkk heelp ny HR o iceerss and
R off d heaadh
huntterrs sseaarcch a larrgee poo
p ol of
oteenttial em
po employyeees. How he baasiic Lin
H weeveer, th nkeedIn prroffilee is lim
miteed
d in f ncttion. If
n fun
yo
ou waant mo
moree advvan
nceed op ns th
ptiion n theeree iss a mon
hen hlyy useer fee
m nth f e.

5. Goo
G oggle
e+::
Go
oogglee+ iss o
onee of
o th
he neew
wesst so
ociaal neetw
woorkks, laaun
nch
heed byy Go
Googglee in J ne 28,
n Jun
20
011
1. Th
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ntss ittseelf ass a seervvice tthaat caan
heelp y u sttayy in ttou
p yo h with
uch h yo
ourr fri
f enndss an
nd
accqu
uaiinttan
ncees,, an
nd diisccovverr new
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peeop
plee. Onc
O ce you
y u wiill reegiister to
t Goo
G ogle++, you
u can fill in
n yo
yourr pe
p rso
onnal
mattion, uplo
infforrm oad yo p ofille pictu
ourr pro uree, ad
dd pho
oto
o alb
a bum
mss frrom ogle Piccassa
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mss, an ur Goo
onneectt yyou ogle++ pro
p ofile w
with
h yo T ittterr pro
yourr Tw p ofile an
nd
much mo
oree. Morreo ou caan co
oveer, yo om
mm niccatte eittheer just with
mun h one
o e of
o yyo
ourr frriend
ds,
gro
ou o peeoplee or
upss of o you
u can
c n spe
s eak to th
hee “wh
“ hoole wor
w rld
d.” Dep
D pend
ding on
n yyou
ur
privaacyy set
s ttin y u can alllow
ngs yo w an
nyo
onee to our sstaatu
t seee yo us up
pdaatees orr com
c mm
meentts.
Yo
ou alsso haavve the
t e op on off reaadingg sttattuss u
optio dates o
upd of ottheerss eveen if theyy are no
ot
on our ffrieend
ne off yo ds.

6. In
nsttagrram
m::
m is alsso a relattivelyy n
Insstaagrram new
w sociaal ne workss laaunccheed in Oct
netw O obberr 201
2 10.. Itt iss a
sm phon
martp ne ap
pplicaation
n thaat aallo
ow
ws yo
ou to taakee pho os,, app
p oto plyy vaariiou
us diggittal fillteers
to a ph
ho
oto
o, an you can sh
a d yo harre them
m wit
w th ottheer
usserrs on m orr oth
n Insstaagrram o her so
ociaal neetw
woorkks.
Whaat difffeereenttiattess Insstagram
m fro
f om
mooth
herr serviccess iss the s uare sh
t e squ hapee of
o all
a th
he
ph
hottoss, in co
ommp
parriso
on wit he ussuaal 4:3 raatio
w h th o fro
f omm reg
r gullarr cam
meeras. In April
n A
20 2, Faceebo
012 a quireed Instaagram fo
ook acq or a bill
b ionn do
d llars.

7. Pinte
ere
estt:
Pin
nteereestt is
i a veryy un
niq
quee so
ociaal neetworkk. On Piintterresst, you
wo u hav
h vee a vir
v rtu
ual
pin
nb d, wheeree you
boaard y u can
c n cre manaagee aand sh
c eatte,, ma magge colllecctio
harre im ons that are
relatted t a paartiicu
d to ulaar top
t picc – hob
bbiiess, intterressts,,
ho
ousseh
hoold ettc. Onc ou arre regissteereed,, you
O ce yo u can
n
wsee ottheer use
brow u er’ss pin
n bo
oard
ds, “lik
“ ke”” ttheirr
ph
hottoss and
a d ““re
e-p n” th
pin i aggess to yo
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own pin bo
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beelieevee it
i sh
s ou
uld “co
onn
necct evverryo
one in th
he wor
w rld th
hro
ou
ugh
h tthee ‘tthinggs’’ theey fin
nd
ou caan usse Pinteereestt to d
intterresstingg.” Yo deeco
oraatee yo
ou
ur h
home, orrgaaniizee you
ur we
wedd
din
ng
or sseaarcch throu
ugh
h fo
ood pes. Pin
d reecip P teresst has
h s b
beeen
n paarticu
ulaarlyy su
ucccesssfful
am
mo he feemalee d
onggstt th demo hic.
ograph

8. Yelp::
Yeelp is an
no
oth
herr uniq
quue sociaal n
neetw
work,, whi
w ich
h wa
w s fou deed in 20
f und 4. It heelp
004 ps yo
y u to
t
nd grreaat loccal bus
fin b sin
nesssees likke resstaaurantss, haair saalo ns orr sho
oon opss. As
A a Yeelp
p use
u er,
ou caan seearch
yo of lo
h rrevvieews o ocaal b
busin
nesssees ass we
w ll as
a
writte yo own reeview
ourr ow w baaseed on
n a paast exp
perriencce.
M
Morreo
oveer,, you n use Yeelp
u can p to loo
l ok fo
or var
v rio
ouss eve
e entts,
c at with
lissts or jusst ch o her use
w h oth u erss. Ev
E eryy b
busin
ness caan
establiish
h the
t eir ow
o n accco nt to
oun o share ph
hottoss an
and mes w h otheer usserrs.
m ssaagees with
Sim
milarr to
t ooth
herr so
s ciaal neetw
woorkks, tthee maajo
ority o
of Yeelp ws co
p revvieew omme from
ad
dveerttisingg tthaat bu
usiineesssess aaree pu
p rchaasin
ng. Th
T is haas reesu
ultted
d in Yeelp
p rec
r ceivvin
ng
criiticcism th a verrtisserrs arre aafffecctingg th
hatt adv he reeliaabilitty off Yeelp
p’ss raatinggs aand revvieew
ws.
Ho
ow Yelp hass cleaarly staateed th
wevverr, Ye hat no
no o
onee, incclu
udiingg pay
p yin dvertisserrs, caan
ng ad
ch
han
ngee or
o tam
t mp w th exxisttin
per wit ng user reeview
ws..

9. So
ouun
ndC
Clo
ouud:
So
oun
ndClo
ou
ud iss an
a oonlin
ne so
ouund
d-sshaaringg sserrviicee tthaat
allow
ws yo
ou o reccord, up
u to u loaad and
d sha
s aree mu
musicc or
o ottheer
au
udio reeco
ord ngss. Reecordin
din ng and
a d up
plo
oad
din
ng so
on
ngss to
t
So
oun
ndCloud caan bee d
ou do e heer privaateelyy, w
onee eith witth sp
peciffic
ind duaals, o
divvid or yo
y u sh
s are the
t emm pub o weebsittess or
p bliclyy on o soc
s ciaal n
nettw
worrkss. The
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So
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ndClo
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ud was in
ncllud
ded
d in th
hiss list iss thaat an
ny usserr can
c n ffind, crreaatee or
o sh
hare
music orr aud
a dio r corrdiinggs am
o rec moonggstt a largee num
n mb
berr of ups tha
o grrou oveer evvery
t at co
geenrre orr sttyle. Th ou caan sttayy in
hus, yo n ttou
uch
h wit t at are intterressteed in th
w th peeoplee tha he
g nree, lissteen to
samee mussic gen o peeop t at are con
plee tha ntrributingg in th g nre an
hiss ge nd
co
ommen
nt on
o th
he so
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din
ngss o o heers.
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10
0. Flickkr:
Flickkr is
i an
a onliinee pho
p oto
o-sshariingg and
a d imagge//vid
deeo ho
ostting se
s rviicee thaat allo
a owws yo
ou
to sh
hare ph
ho
oto
os an deoss w
and vid y urr frriend
with yo ds or otthers and y u can orgaanise th
a d yo he
os in an o
p oto
pho origgin
nal w
waay.. Yo
ou ma a o grant
may also
p rmisssio
per on to o hers to
o oth o orrgaaniisee ph a d no
p otos, ad otees
beelo
ow a ph
ho
oto
o or
o tag
t gp
ph You caan usse Flickkr to
hottoss. Yo o disc phottoss from ottheer
d covveer ph
peeop
plee, orgaanisattio
onss and
a d co uch ass NAS
c mpaaniess su N SAA. Yo
Y u maayy also
o ccom
mm
meentt on
o
otheer ph
hottoss and c eatte a sp
a d cre pecciffic co
ommm
mun
nitty wiith
h th
hee peo
p oplle th
hatt aree shaarin
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ourr pho
yo oto
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1. Baad
doo
o:
Baado
oo was
w s laaunccheed in
n 200
2 06,, and
d tod
t dayy is o
one of th
he largest soc
s ciaal net
n tw
worrkss fo
or
meeeetin
ng new
w peeop
plee. Baado
ooo’s fo nders staatee the
oun t eirr mis
m ssiion
n iis “to prrovvid
de th
he
orlld’s eas
wo e sieest, fas a d mo
f steestt and f n waay fo
ostt fun or
peeop
plee to
t m e ch otther.” Th
meet eac hu
us, Bad o is
B doo
maain
nlyy a dat
d tin useed on
ng-focu s rvicce – ussers
nlinee ser
of Baad
doo
o can
c n cha h eeacch ottheer, seet up
c at wiith pddattess and
a d rat
r te ottheerss pictturress. Ba
Bado
oo
haas so 60 million
ome 16 n use
u erss m
maakin
ngg itt th
hee laarggesst daatingg-fo
ocused
d soc
s cial net
n tw
worrk.

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here haas beeen criiticcism
that th
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2. Flixsste
er:
Flixster is an
a on
nlinee seervvicce that co
om
mbiinees so
ociaal neetw
woorkingg aand
dmmo
oviie revieew
wing.
As a Fllixssteer u
As u caan shaaree mo
useer you ovvie
revvieew d covveer neew
ws, disc w mo
moviiess, leaarn bout
n ab
mo
ovviess yo
ou don
n’t kno
k oww ab
abou d ggett in
ut and
toucch with
hppeo
ople th
hatt are
a e in
nteereestted i th
d in he saame movvies aand mo
ovvie geenrees aas
yo
ou. In
n add on, yo
a dittio ouu can nteegrate Fllixssteer to
c n in y ur Faaceebo
o you oook prroffilee so
s yo
ou caan
sharre mo
ovviess wit
w th yo F cebo
our Fac f ends, d
ookk frie disco
oveer movvies tthaat yo
ourr frie
f endds are
waatcchiingg and a d mo
a d ad ovvie reeview
ws to ur Timeelinee. Furth
o yyou more, in
herm n220
008
8 Flix
F xsteer
inttro
odu d a new
uced i honee app
w iPh pliccattio w ch
on, whi h allo
a ow ws yyou to
t accceesss mo
movie revvieew
ws,
traaileerss and
a d ssho
ow
w-tiim
mess.

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3. Classsm
maate
ess:
Claasssm
mattess.ccom o e off tthee oldeestt soc
m is one s ciaal neetw
wo w s lau
orkks – it was unch d in
hed
19
995
5. Th ocial net
This so n tw
worrkin
ngg ser
s rvicce allo
a ow ws itss use
u erss to reccon
nneectt with the
t eir
ndss, acqu
frien uaiinttan
ncees an
nd, as he naam
a th me su
ugggest,, classsm
maatees fro
omm kkin
ndeerggarteen
througgh Univversiityy. A
At firstt, the seervvicee wa
was
deesiggnated
d f r
for Amerricaan
A useers frrom
m
Am n scho
meericcan ools an usineesssess. Ho
nd bu owwevver,
so
oon
n the s rvicee spreaad worrldw
t e ser widee aand
d no
now iss hel
h pin
ngg peo
p ople fin
nd theeir “losst”
frien a d fo
ndss an mer claasssm
orm mattess n
nott on
only in
n Un S atees bu
Uniteed Sta ut also
o in Caanaada,

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Au
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wedeen,, Swi
S itzerlan
nd, Ge
G rm
manyy, Fra
F ancce and
d Am
Amerricaan/C
Can
nad
diaan Scchoo
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ovverrseeass.

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4. Mys
M spacce:
Myspaacee iss a so
ociial neetw
wo
orkk laaunccheed in Auggusst, 20
003
3. Att onee poi
p nt, M
Myysp
pacce waas
the mosst vis
v siteed soccial networrkingg sitee, su
n tw urp
passsin
ng Goo
G ogle ass the
t e mo
ostt vis
v siteed
w bsitee in
web n the U in
t e US n 200 ortly affter My
2 06.. Sho Mysp
pacce
w s sur
was d byy FFacceb
s rpaasssed bookk in
n te
t rm
ms off uni
u iqu
ue
vissito
orss an
a d sincce th
hen
n, itss u
useer raatee haas co
onsstaanttly dec ned. In
d clin n spi
s itee of
o th
his
faiilure, My
Mysp
pacee set th
hee fou
und
dattio o to
onss of media so
odaay’s maasss me n tworkin
ocial net ng
servicees, in
ncllud ng itss ga
din g miingg pla
p atfform th
hat sta
s artted
d the
t e suc
s cceesss o he prressent
of th
so
ociaal neetw
woorkkingg ga
g mees giian
nt – Zyyngga. Mo
Moreeovverr, Myysp
pacee has
h s itts ow
wn nsttant
n In
Messeenggerr – Mys
M spaceIM,, w
which a in
h is an ndeepen
ndeentt p
pro
ogrram
m fo
or Wi
Wind a weell
dowss as
as a web
b-b
bassed
d clie
c entt. Yo
Y u ha
h vee to
o be
b oldeer tthan
n 14 yyearss tto bee ablee tto regissteer to
t
Myspaacee.

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5. hi5::
Hi5 is a so
ociaal neetw
woorkking sitte whicch was
w s laaunccheed in
n 200
2 03. Itt has
h smmaanyy sim
s milar
feaatu
urees to
oooth s cial net
herr soc n tw
worrkss, like
l e the a ilitty to
t e ab o createe a pro
p ofiile to
o sho
s oww off
o
yo
ourr per
p rso
onaal in
nfo
orm
matio n frien
on,, sshaaree intterressts,, join nd
neetw
works, sh
harre ph
hottoss, cre
c eatte usser ggro
oup p st staatu
ps,, pos us
up
pdaatees,, liisteen
n to mussic an
nd pos
p st co
om ntss. In 20
mmen 009
9,
hi5 ddeed sevverral new
5 haas ad urees aim
w ffeaatu med
d for
f r the
t e gam
g miingg and
a d en
nteertain
nmment
ommun
co nityy. Deesp
pitte th
he fact th
hatt hi5
h 5 was
w s lau
uncched
d in Uniteed Stattess, it beecaam
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more popular in other countries, predominantly in Latin America and Mongolia

and in 2008, hi5 was believed to be the third most visited social network.

Note: There are so many Social networking sites like orkut, Zorpia.com,
stylefm.com. whatsup, Bebo, ibibo etc. which are familiar to some group of
people.

Model Questions

1. _________ concept has become very popular during the past few Years.
(Social Networking)

2. Social Networking is also use as a nice form of __________. (Entertainment)

3. Facebook is a ____________ social network. (Global)

4. Twitter is a social network, but it is different than ________. (Facebook)

5. Linkedin is a social network designated for __________. (Professionals)

6. Instagram is also a social networks, it is a Smartphone application that allows

you to take ______. (Photos)

7. Pinterest is a very unique social network to create, manage and share _______.

(Image collections)

8. SoundCloud is a social network which uses online ________service. (Sound-

sharing)

10. Flickr is a social network that functions based on online photo-sharing and
Image/video _________. (Hosting service)

11. Flixster is an online service that combines social networking and __________
reviewing. (Movie)

SK. Faiz Ahmed, M.Tech. PhD, Nellore.

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