| Social network is an on-line service concentrated on building social relations amidst people with similar interests or activities. The main element of any social network is a user's profile that commonly contains biographical data, pictures, preferences, info on profession, and different other data that a member prefers to indicate on his webpage. The members of social networks have a good possibility to contact each other through instant messaging, sound- and videoconferences, blogs and chatting rooms. As a rule, a member's profile is used with the aim of expressing personality, emotions and opinions, as well as for posting photos.
The major objective of social networks is the chance of keeping in touch with current friends, restoring connection with friends from school or university and finding new friends by means of organizing groups of interest. At the same time, even in case you don't communicate with this or that person on a permanent basis, you stay informed about the changes in his life with the help of reading the newest updates. In addition, there are generally music and video sections on social networking websites. In these sections you may find biography of famous artists and singers and amazing news about their everyday life and career. What is more, in this video and music sections you'll get a chance to listen to your favorite songs, to watch video clips and films, as well as read the latest news.
The first social networking site became Friendster that was created in 2002. The MySpace social network followed only a year later. The well-known social network Facebook was organized in the year 2004, but it is amidst the most popular social networks all over the world. In addition to the above mentioned social networks, such services as TagWorld, Bebo and Tagged also enjoy wide popularity today.
Infinite number of members has joined at minimum one social network at the present time. And the inclination to use the social networks by millions of people for communication and expressing themselves is constantly growing. |
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