ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING

Abstract

Online social networks are becoming a true growth point of the Internet. As
individuals constantly desire to interact with each other both in business and in
personal contacts, the ability for the Internet to deliver this networking capability
grows stronger and stronger. There are a number of excellent resources available to
anyone interested in becoming part of the online social networking community of the
Internet. I have listed and briefly annotated a number of resources and sites that will
start you on your knowledge discovery for online social networking on the Internet.
A social networking service (also social networking site, SNS or social media) is an
online platform that is used by people to build social networks or social
relations with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities,
backgrounds or real-life connections. The variety of stand-alone and built-in social
networking services available online in the 2010s introduces challenges of
definition, but there are some common) social networking services are
interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications, user-generated content (UGC) such
as text posts, digital photos and videos, "tagging" and online comments are the
lifeblood of SNS organisms, users create service-specific user profiles about
themselves for the site or "app" that are designed and maintained by the SNS
organization social networking services facilitate the development of online social
networks by connecting a user's profile with those of other individuals and/or groups
who share similar interests or beliefs.