Social networking.

Social Networking is having an increasing affect on our country and I believe that it will continue to rise as time goes by. It is believed that social networking has more benefits than downfalls. With blogging, you can find out many things such as places to eat, job searching, and maybe even find someone special. The bad that is accompanied with social networking is something that no one wants to experience. This happens to be identity theft, harassment, and even discrimination. A blog “When love ends…and facebook searches begin” discusses the negative effect on people’s personal lives. I agree on the topic of this article. This social networking site can be corrupting in a person’s life. It ruins relationships and even marriages. The author states that just about the only thing that keeps you safe from social networking tragedies are to not own a page. These sites include facebook, twitter, MySpace, etc… all of these sites contribute to disasters. These sites are also a great opportunity to meet new people all over the world, see those old high school friends, and keep up with all the news and gossip in everyone’s lives.

The “Networking effect and zero sum game” brings up the topic of how when one person joins a social network another loses one. The use of facebook and MySpace, as more people join facebook, less people use MySpace. This is an obvious observation but the thing about it is that people don’t have to go from one to another. I believe that in the social networking world people will follow the biggest crowd. This can be because people want to socialize with each other in search of friends or maybe even a relationship. With that, I think that social networking is a good thing because this opens up another window of opportunity for people to socialize. I’ve never been big on social networking so it hasn’t had much impact on my life. As time goes by, I notice that the use of social networks helps with the gain of knowledge of several different things such as news, shopping, and important information for educational purposes. The statement that I made about how the number of social networkers will increase is true. I am slowly falling into the grove of the social networking world.