| A social network is an on-line service focused on building social relations amidst people with shared activities and interests. The major element of all social networks is a user's personal ad that usually includes biographical materials, photos, preferences, info about profession, and other data that a member prefers to show on his site. The users of social networks possess a good chance to communicate with each other by means of instant messaging, sound- and videoconferences, blogs and chatting rooms. In general, a member's profile is used with the aim of expressing personality, feelings and opinions, as well as for posting photos.
The major aim of social networking is the opportunity of keeping in touch with current friends, reconnecting with old friends and getting new friends by means of organizing groups of interest. At the same time, even in case you don't communicate with this or that person on a regular basis, you're kept informed about the innovations in his or her life with the help of reading the latest updates. Moreover, there are commonly music and video sections at social networking web sites. In such sections you can find biographies of celebrated artists and singers and amazing news about their career and everyday life. What is more, in such music and video sections you will get a chance to listen to popular songs, to watch video files and movies, as well as read the latest news.
The first social networking website became Friendster that was created in 2002. The MySpace social network came into action just a year later. The famous social network Facebook was organized in the year 2004, but nowadays it is amongst the most popular social networks throughout the world. Besides the above mentioned social networking sites, such services as TagWorld, Bebo and Tagged also enjoy wide popularity these days.
Infinite number of members has joined at minimum one social networking site at the present time. And the tendency to use the social networking web sites by millions of people for communication and expressing themselves is constantly growing. |
