Clarification of The Myths of Social Networking
Do You “Digg”?, “Yahoo? “, “Yammer”?,”Google”?, or “LinkedIn?”,
“Is your Face Booked”? or are you “Mixxed Up”? in your “Secondlife”?
while trying to invade “Myspace”?
Oh! be careful as you drink with the “Tumblr”? in one hand while “Twittering” to your friends with the other hand.
While you are at it check out some “Delicious”?, Reddit, and Fark, in the, Newsvine, and watch out what you might Stumble Upon as you “Flickr”? with your camera and video in “YouTube”?
This is not “Jive talk “ and “Orbiusly” all these words are Social Networking lingo that are being proliferated in the Cyberspace.
Some cynics claims the following:
1.0 Social Networking is for Kids and Teenagers!
2.0 Social Networking Community is a Dating Service!
Social Networking is none of the above; Social network is a collaborative community
where people with common interest collaboratively join together to share ideas about business; education, viral marketing; and any other subjects of common interest; say you have an idea about some business that you want want to promote Social Networks is a good fertile ground to proliferate your ideas by joining a group of individual with similar ideas you could promote your idea. Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Nurses and all other professions join social network.
Social Networking is not a dating service although that some of the initial Social Networks on the Internet Originated form Dating and Matching Services; both adults teenagers, college student; in addition to working professionals, businesses and corporate executives enjoys the benefits of social networks.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Social Networking Big players include Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, and Plaxo the social networking groups allow users to create or join professional groups, chat, with friends, collaborate ideas and share pictures, with group members.
Second life is a free online virtual world imagined and created by its Residents. From the moment you enter Second Life, you'll discover a fast-growing digital world filled with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. This is an Online 3D Virtual world created by its residents. Businesses can meet and promote their services and products in the 3D virtual community.
SOCIAL NETWORK ACTIVITY TRACKING
Twitter and Tumblr is a way to connect with family members and friends. Members of Twitter and Tumblr social networks can follow the activities of each other and Tumblr allow users to post pictures. Tumblr allows the user to Blog, post anything and customize everything.
Jive SBS and Yammer allow employees of specific companies to collaborate with each other. Jive Social Business Software (SBS). Jive Social Business Software have revolutionizes how global businesses are getting work done by integrating the most powerful features of the enterprise 2.0 capabilities of collaboration software, community software, and social networking software; therefore enabling businesses to connect to and capitalize on their intellectual capital and creative contents of employee and customer conversations. Jive SBS Industry leaders, including 15% of the Fortune 500, rely on Jive to solve critical challenges in Marketing and Human Resources, Sales, Research and Development. And another company
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING;
Social sites such as Diggs; Delicious, Fark, Mixx, Newsvine, Reddit and Stumble Upon are social network sites that allow users to bookmark Web pages and special news worthy events for later viewing and etc. Fark.com, is not a Weblog the Web site, is a news aggregator and an edited social networking news site. Every day Fark receives over 2000 news items from its Weblog.
VIDEO & PICTURE SHARING
Flickr and YouTube the social site sharing pictures and videos. YouTube is the standard Social Network sites for sharing VIDEO. Businesses use YouTube for posting Demo vides of new products and defective products. Flicker is a good social website for sharing
ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR PROFESSIONALS
LinkedIn and Ryze are online social network where professionals link with each other to
find friends; exchange job search ideas or even find jobs through recommendations of friends
in the social networking community.
