Social Networks

Social network is a website on the Internet that brings people together in a central location to talk, share ideas, share interests, make new friends, etc. This type of collaboration and sharing of data is often referred to as social media. Unlike traditional media that is often created by no more than 10 people, social media sites contain content that has been created by hundreds or even millions of different people. Below is a small list of some of the biggest social networks used today.

Examples :

Bebo ( http://www.bebo.com/ ) - A popular social networking site where users can share photo's, stories, their journal, and more with friends and family privately or publicly on the Internet.

Classmates ( http://www.classmates.com/ ) - One of the largest and most used websites that brings together and allows people who graduated from high school and allows you to keep in touch with them and any future reunions.

Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/ ) - One of the most popular social networking websites on the Internet. Facebook is a popular destination for users to setup their own personal web pages, connect with friends, share pictures, share movies, talk about what you're doing, etc.

Twitter ( http://www.twitter.com/ ) - Another fantastic service that allows users to post 140 character long posts from their phones and on the Internet. A fantastic way to get the pulse of what's going on around the world.

 Windows Live Spaces ( http://spaces.live.com/ ) - A service by Microsoft that allows any user to create their own personal blog and social networking site.

YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/ ) - A great network of users posting video blogs or Vlog's and other fun and interesting videos.

Because of the increased popularity of social networking sites, especially among younger kids and teens, some social networking sites have become a popular location for online predators who stalk out young kids. Parents should always be active with their children and know what they are doing while online. http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/socinetw.htm

*** Nowadays social networking sites are a part of everyday life and  they have brought amazing changes in communication between people,specially the ones that are apart from us for example in other countries,I think the ones that enjoy or are more thankful about the social networks are the ones that have a love distance,it's very important.

These sites makes the communication easy and faster. If we analize more deeper the impact of social network in our life,we see that it have good things like we said,but it has a negative side too. 

this negative side it's specially in young people.In fact the most common disadvantage of social networking sites is addiction. Often users of these sites get addicted to it. They spend hours using these sites and it harms their performance in other fields. It causes mental health problems and sometimes it harms their body too. Sometimes users provide their personal information to others which is insecure.

We can see clearly that social networking sites are advantageous only if they are used wisely. Using these sites would be helpful, if users do not spend time there unnecessarily. Wise members never provide personal information to strangers. Use of a tool depends on users. A doctor can operate with a knife and a murderer can kill a person with the same knife.

Remember all this and enjoy social networks!