Social Networking: 07/06/06

Social Networking concerns and how to prepare yourself

http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/02/my_advice_to_so.html

This article talks about the concerns facing companies setting up social networking sites. But what it also highlights is things consumers should be very aware of. Ideas such as identity theft is something that every person must be knowledgable about.

Give me your two cents on whether Social Networking pushes the boundary of privacy issues.

First, be extremely careful about privacy issues. For some of you outside the US, you may not know about what has been going on in the area of identity theft, but it has become a significant problem. I am not a privacy fanatic, but I am concerned that social networking services encourage people to reveal too much information too broadly, and that this will be someday be taken advantage of by identity thieves. For instance, many services ask for birthday . . . more . .

Thanks to Christopher Allen for this informative article.

Remember, love to get your comments!

Jack

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So what really is Social Networking??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking

Social Networking is a new concept. It is the latest buzz word.

But what really is Social Networking?

Well here straight from Wikipedia we have the info:

A social network is a social structure made of nodes which are generally individuals or organizations. It indicates the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds. The term was first coined in 1954 by J. A. Barnes (in: Class and Committees in a Norwegian Island Parish, "Human Relations"). The maximum size of social networks tends to be around 150 people and the average size around 124 (Hill and Dunbar, 2002). more . . .

But i think it is much more than that, and we will look into all facets of Social Networking on this site.

Jack

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Uncle Sam after Social Network Sites

Congress targets social-networking sites - CNET News.com

Some interesting ideas floating around out there.

Let me know your thoughts on which side of this issue you are on.

Congress targets social-networking sites
CNET News.com, CA - Jun 29, 2006
Now DeGette and some of her colleagues in the House of Representatives are suggesting that social-networking sites should be required to do the same thing. ...

technorati tags:social, networking, congress, people, internet, communicate

Social Networking Problems - or is it?

http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-6240543-1.html

Some comments on the viability of Social Networking. My view is it is too early to tell. Let the industry develop and then see what shakes out. Shortly after Henry Ford started making autos there was over 20 different manufactures, and them may have said the same of that industry too.

The word on the street lately is that social networking is in trouble. Friendster's CEO, Scott Sassa (most famous for firing a blogger who wrote about the company) recently departed in the face of a rapidly dwindling user base. Friendster has also introduced its own for-pay blogging tool as an all-too-ironic money-making scheme. Business networking site LinkedIn started charging for its job listings. Meanwhile, the recent launch of the Yahoo 360 beta has the blogosphere speculating that Friendster, the pioneer, is already on its deathbed. And Business 2.0 has a good article in this month's issue (subscription required) about how the indie music networking site MySpace is, for all intents and purposes, the only successful site . more . . .

Thanks to Molly Wood for her excellent article.

Til next time,

Jack

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