More than anything else, social sites provide better ways to keep in touch with our classmates, friends and family. Even though we are from them, you and these people both have easy access to how each other is doing, as you can send messages as well as upload photos and videos.
Creating your network of contacts goes beyond geographical and cultural differences as you get to know and meet people who share your interests from almost all sides of world. Procuring information on a specific subject is faster and easier, for you can ask your network of friends to provide you with links to websites that can best provide you with that information. Or, they can provide the information themselves, especially if they are experts of that particular subject or field.
This one is tricky, but I choose to include it on the affirmative side. Online business people use these social services as tools to promote their websites, products and services basically because of the overwhelmingly significant number of people that they have brought together to form communities. Internet marketers cannot be faulted for seeing these sites as good venues to do some aspects of their Internet marketing efforts.
Business decision makers are now preferring communication channels that are two-way dialogs, channels that resemble social networking applications. This is a great way for businesses to advertise their product. It is also a way that has proved to be more effective than the previous “word of mouth” influence.
Social networking allows us to identify and connect with friends and strangers while on the go. Such computer mediated communication also allows us to reconnect with friends from the past whom we may have lost contact with.
LinkedIn is a SNS (social networking site) particularly used by jobseekers. It is a tool used to link users to people they may have worked with in the past through various jobs or institutions. Users also have the opportunity to link to certain companies they aspire to work with.
Social network services are increasingly being used in legal and criminal investigations. Information posted on sites such as MySpace and Facebook has been used by police, probation, and university officials to prosecute users of said sites. In some situations, content posted on MySpace has been used in court
Facebook is increasingly being used by school administrations and law enforcement agencies as a source of evidence against student users.
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http://hubpages.com/hub/Pros-and-Cons-of-Social-Networking-Sites [ 12th July 2009]
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