| Social network is an online service focused on establishing social relations amongst people with common interests and activities. The principal element of all social networks is a user's personal ad that commonly includes brief biography, pictures, preferences, information about profession, and other data which a user prefers to show on his internet site. The members of a social network have an excellent chance to contact each other with the help of instant messaging, videoconferences, chats and blogs. As a rule, a user's profile is used with the aim of the expression of personality, emotions and opinions, and for posting photos as well.
The major aim of social networks is the possibility of keeping in touch with current friends, reconnecting with friends from school or university and finding new friends with the help of organizing groups according to interests. At the same time, even if you don't have a communication with a certain person on a constant basis, you are kept informed about the innovations in his or her life by means of reading the latest updates. Furthermore, there are commonly music and video sections at social networking web sites. In these sections you may find biographies of well-known singers and artists and interesting news about their daily life and career. Moreover, in this music and video sections you will have a possibility to listen to popular songs, to view video files and movies, as well as read the latest news.
The first social network became Friendster that was invented in 2002. The MySpace social network followed only a year later. The famous Facebook social network was developed in 2004, but now it is amid the most widespread social networking web sites all over the world. Besides the above mentioned social networks, such services as TagWorld, Bebo and Tagged also enjoy wide popularity today.
Infinite number of members has joined at minimum one social networking website today. And the inclination to use the social networking web sites by thousands of people for communication and expressing themselves continues to grow. |
