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Social Networking Sites

Social Networking Sites. Ways for people to communicate via computers Two main types Internal Social Networking External Social Networking. Benefits of Social Networking Sites. Friendship Sites Creation and maintenance Quickness and ease of sharing info Up to date Romance Sites

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Social Networking Sites

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  1. Social Networking Sites • Ways for people to communicate via computers • Two main types • Internal Social Networking • External Social Networking

  2. Benefits of Social Networking Sites • Friendship Sites • Creation and maintenance • Quickness and ease of sharing info • Up to date • Romance Sites • Larger group of people • Easier to find match • Work Related Sites • Connect with coworkers • Coworkers/projects that meet interests • Easy company-wide communication

  3. BACKGROUND • The first recognizable social network site was launched in 1997. • SixDegrees.com allowed users to create profiles, list their Friends and, beginning in 1998, surf the Friends lists. Profiles existed on most major dating sites and many community sites. AIM and ICQ buddy lists supported lists of Friends, although those Friends were not visible to others. • SixDegreespromoted itself as a tool to help people connect with and send messages to others. Unfortunately, SixDegrees’ service closed in 2000 • While people were already flocking to the Internet, most did not have extended networks of friends who were online. Early adopters complained that there was little to do after accepting Friend requests, and most users were not interested in meeting strangers. • From 1997 to 2001, a number of community tools began supporting various combinations of profiles and Friends. AsianAvenue, BlackPlanet, and MiGente allowed users to create personal, professional, and dating profiles—users could identify Friends on their personal profiles without seeking approval for those connections • Shortly after its launch in 1999, LiveJournal listed one-directional connections on user pages. LiveJournal's creator suspects that he fashioned these Friends after instant messaging buddy lists—on LiveJournal, people mark others as Friends to follow their journals and manage privacy settings. The Korean virtual worlds site Cyworld was started in 1999 and added SNS features in 2001, independent of these other sites. • The next wave of SNSs began when Ryze.com was launched in 2001 to help people leverage their business networks. Ryze's founder reports that he first introduced the site to his friends—primarily members of the San Francisco business and technology community, including the entrepreneurs and investors behind many future SNSs . In particular, the people behind Ryze, Tribe.net. • Eventually from these models evolved what we use today; Myspace, Facebook, and other SNS’s that have more interactive and more interconnectivity compared to their predecessors. BACKGROUND BACKGROUND BACKGROUND BACKGROUND

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