Social Networking for Jade
For my blog post for Jade I looked at an article called "Should You Join a Social Networking Website?". It can be found at http://socialnetworking.knowhow-now.com/blog/are-you-interested-in-meeting-new-people-online-if-so-there-is-a-good-chance-that-you-have-heard-of-social-networking-websites-before-social-networking-websites-are-in-a-way-like-a-community-they-allo/ . Except for the fact that the article has the longest web adress known to man, I found it to be a good introductory source for those taking the first steps toward joining a social networking website. It gives a basic understanding to what social network sites are as well as reasons to join and a few examples.
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Keith,
We missed your expertise in class last night. Your article is a great introduction to the basic idea of SNC's.
The beginning of your article asks, "Do you want to meet new people?" I think that this is interesting because most participants of SNC's do not join to meet new people; rather they join to talk to those they already know and based on curiosity. Based on the conversations (small sample size I know) we had in class last night, the majority of the class joined MySpace or Facebook to talk to old friends, to promote their music, or because they were curious.
I was surprised that everyone in our Foundations class had an account on either MySpace or Facebook. But it seems that the majority have profiles yet they are not participating.
Hope you are feeling better.
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