Recently, there has been an increasing interest in Social Networking, in which users can form new relationships between friends by introducing friends with each other in popular platforms such as Facebook, Myspace & Twitter. In generally, Social networks have an established presence in individuals’ day-to-day lives, serving as a means to maintain constant interaction, reconnect with old acquaintances, provided up-to-the-minute updates via personal profiles and pictures, share links and even network professionally.
However, sometimes the function of Social Networking has transcended its original intent. Some of them are fascinating cases. For examples, a case in New Zealand, policemen actually used Facebook to catch a thief. The tech-savvy cops took the camera images during the thief having a break in a local pub. After that the cops had posted the photos onto Facebook. In less than a day, the thief was outed by social networkers who recognized him.
This is one special and interesting function that we defined. What other uses for Social Networking can we come up with? Needless to say, the very nature of the Web — ever-changing, malleable and unpredictable — opens up a realm of possibilities.
Reported by Deanna Hartley
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