A social network is a social structure made up of individuals or organizations tied by interdependency that requires them to stay in contact whether for purposes of pleasure or work. The people who form social networks could be tied by interdependencies such as values, friendship, business and so on.
Amongst the early efforts to support social networks via computer-mediated communication, are Usenet , Listserve, bulletin board services , Murray Turoff's server-based Electronic Information Exchange Service (Turoff and Hiltz, 1978, 1993). Examples of early social networking websites included classmate.com (1995), this social network helped maintain relationships among former school mates, and SixDegrees.com (1997) . These social networks allowed for user profiles to be created, messages sent to members on the “friends list” and to those with similar interest to yours in their profiles.
Social Networks are made up of Two different models of social networking that came about in 1999 and these are trust-based, developed by Epinions.com, and friendship-based, such as those developed by Jonathan Bishop. The impact of new media technologies on social networks allows not only showing who is "friends" with whom, but giving users more control over content and connectivity. Facebook is an example of a social network that has grown rapidly in size, since it launching in 2004. In 2007, Facebook began allowing externally-developed add-on applications, and some applications enabled the graphing of a user's own social network - thus linking social networks and social networking.
Amongst the early efforts to support social networks via computer-mediated communication, are Usenet , Listserve, bulletin board services , Murray Turoff's server-based Electronic Information Exchange Service (Turoff and Hiltz, 1978, 1993). Examples of early social networking websites included classmate.com (1995), this social network helped maintain relationships among former school mates, and SixDegrees.com (1997) . These social networks allowed for user profiles to be created, messages sent to members on the “friends list” and to those with similar interest to yours in their profiles.
Social Networks are made up of Two different models of social networking that came about in 1999 and these are trust-based, developed by Epinions.com, and friendship-based, such as those developed by Jonathan Bishop. The impact of new media technologies on social networks allows not only showing who is "friends" with whom, but giving users more control over content and connectivity. Facebook is an example of a social network that has grown rapidly in size, since it launching in 2004. In 2007, Facebook began allowing externally-developed add-on applications, and some applications enabled the graphing of a user's own social network - thus linking social networks and social networking.
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The whole concept of social network is very interesting. This is because you gain so much from networking. New freindships can develop by meeting different people from different places. Another interesting thing about social networking is that you meet people with different skills and knowledge who can share, you also get to make business deals. What is also interesting to know is the theories about social networks which i dindnt know about.
Sinotho(thobe)
Yes I agree with you it hard to imagine how life was like without a cell phone which is mobile. My cell phone is my best friend because it keeps me connected to the world. One can not live without it for a minute if it not with you; you can feel like there is a big part that is missing.Thobeka Mbatha(chommies)
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