Social Network Sites
From Learning and training wiki
 SOCIAL NETWORK SITES |
| Also known as Social Network Services or SNS. Online spaces, where individuals create a private, semi-public or public profile to describe who they are, connect with old friends, share interests with other users and make new connections. [1] |
Possible features of Social Network Sites are:
- Photo-sharing
- Video-sharing
- Music-sharing
- Knowledge-sharing
- Blogging
- Instant Messaging
- Groups
- Friends
- Forum
Social Network Sites can be used to:
- Find old friends
- Make new friends
- Post a job announcement
- Find a job
- Find a place to live
- Sell objects or goods
- Buy objects or goods
- Share interest
- Look into the social life of a potential employee
Negative Drawbacks of Social Network Sites:
- Data theft
- Viruses
- Users pretending to be someone else
 Joining a Social Network Site |
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Step by Step
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 Web Resources |
| Below is a selection of different Social Network Sites: |
| Focus | Tool | # of Users | Year Founded | Features | Visualization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | LinkedIn www.linkedin.com |
47 million | 2003 | Groups / Contacts / Messages / CV / Companies / Job / Events / Recommendation / Applications / Q&A / Status Update |  |
| Business | XING www.xing.com/ |
8 million | 2006 | Groups / Contacts / Messages / CV / Companies / Jobs / Events / Best Offers / Guestbook / Premium Membership Option |  |
| Students | Graduates www.graduates.com/ |
>800,000 | not available | Groups (Schools) / Friends / Interests / Companies Worked For / Message Board |  |
| Friends | Facebook www.facebook.com/ |
>300 million | 2004 | Groups (Lists) / Friends / Messages / Events / Photos / Videos / Instant Messaging / News Feeds / Status Update |  |
| Friends | Orkut www.orkut.com/ |
67 million | 2004 | Groups (Communities) / Friends / Messages / Events / Photos / Videos / Instant Messaging /Testimonials / Scrapbook |  |
| Friends | Twitter www.twitter.com/ |
44.5 million | 2006 | Friends (Following) / Status Update (Tweet) |  |
| Family | Myfamily.com www.myfamily.com/ |
millions | 1998 | Groups (Family) / Members / Messages / Events / Photos / Videos / Discussion Board / Files / Calendar / Family Trees | |
| Books | Shelfari www.shelfari.com/ |
not available | 2006 | Groups / Friends / Shelf / Authors / Edits / Notes / Questions / Reviews / Widgets |  |
| Travel | Wayn www.wayn.com/ |
>15 million | 2002 | Friends / Messages / Events / Photos / Videos / Status Update / Instant Messaging / SMS / Blogs / Guestbook / Trips / Virtual Map / Reviews / Forums |  |
| Language | italki.com www.italki.com/ |
>450,000 | 2006 | Groups / Friends / Messages / Status Update / Q&A / Submissions / Sessions / Products / Finance | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Greenvoice http://greenvoice.com/ |
not available | 2007 | Groups / Friends / Photos / Videos / Campaigns / Events / News / Blogs / Wikis / Discussion Forums / RSS Feed |  |
References
- ↑ http://mashable.com (12.08.09), http://mashable.com (45% of Employers now screen Social Media Profiles) (12.08.09), http://en.wikipedia.org (12.08.09), http://www.techshout.com (12.08.09), http://jcmc.indiana.edu (12.08.09), www.webbizideas.com (12.08.09), http://www.youtube.com (12.08.09)