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Online Networking Can Actually Be Useful

Social networks are simple, when you really think about them. They’re a landing page for an avatar, a series of posts about you and what you’re doing, and a place to catalog and store your friends and family. They hold your photos, videos, and shared moments. Some of them send messages, and have chat capabilities. Some even have video chat available. You can upload things to make them your own, and pretty it up to represent you, and play games in some cases.

In the earlier part of the 00s the social network was Friendster; it was the grounds for a majority of the features we see in today’s social networks, and social media platforms in a number of ways, much like that stone-age blogging platform, LiveJournal. In fact, not much has changed here, except for business models, marketing approaches, and user trust. … continue


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