Social Network Sites

Before you read this post, I should inform you that I am a dime a dozen. Yep, believe it or not, I've never had an account in ANY of the social network sites. I am a rare breed right? You might ask, why I've never considered signing up for a site? The truth is, these sites have no appeal to me. I don't have to time to constantly check out who commented me or wrote on my wall. I perfer my to spend my time doing... well, everything else. Maybe because I am a traditional guy. I like talking to people face to face, not virtually. Although I have no interst in these sites, it doesn't mean I'm completely aganist it.

First off, lets start with Myspace. To my very little knowledge, this was the site that started all. You have the usual friend requests and comment pages. I beleive you can also load up pictures of yourself. One thing about myspace I like is the fact that you can load music to your site. This to me is a very personal touch. I have friends who downloads music through myspace. I've never done it first hand, but this is a very cool tool to use. Another feature on Myspace that I think is pretty useful is that fact that you can block your site from people that are not your friends. This feature actually gives you the VERY FEW privacy on the site.

Facebook. Nearly everyone is this world knows what it is. Like Myspace, you can load pictures and videos. What Facebook does very well is connect people to each other. The feature that Facebook has to do this is the friend suggestion. Facebook actually shows you the mutual friends you share with an individual. Another way is to show you who recently signed up an account from you old school. My mom has a Facebook and she recently came in contact with a classmate she went to college with more than 30 years ago. To me, I think this is how people of Facebook really connect with each other, by schools. Of course their are groups you can join as well. People can find others who share common interests. I really like this feature as well. Also, I think facebook is very organized. It's very easy to use and it's easy to find, view, and talk to friends.

Friendster is an unfimilar site to me. I have never heard of it and therefore, I cannot talk about the website.

Twitter has become very popular. I am not educated at all on this site but I know the basics. Twitter is basically a site that announces what you're doing. What is the point of this? Why does someone have to say EXACTLY what thier doing? I can understand why celebrities Tweet. They obviously have many follwers that are interested in what they're doing. But what i don't understand is, how does someone have the time to do this. This is also a huge invasion of privacy. If you're telling people where you are or what you're doing, how can y0u have anymore secrets?