Social Networking| Tidbits

July 9th, 2009 by Catherine Potts  


A new and cute commercial by Coleman camping equipment is capitalizing on the term ‘Social Networking.’ They’re claiming that they’re the original social networking site… ya know, the camp site. Bringing people together and all that. Guess I can’t disagree…

Cute!

So what is Social Networking? It’s essentially online gathering places for those who share similar interests or hobbies.

“The main types of social networking services are those which contain category divisions (such as former school-year or classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages) and a recommendation system linked to trust. Popular methods now combine many of these, with Facebook widely used worldwide; MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn being the most widely used in North America” (Wikipedia)

At first, I was hesitant to use Facebook. Why? Because it just didn’t appear to offer much, let’s say, visual response, to efforts I might put forth. Ok, so I “poke” someone or send them a drink. What exactly is the point? I had a hard time really getting into that and I guess at this stage of the game, I don’t really engage in sending “gifts” or “drinks.” I think it’s because it just kind of goes off into oblivion.

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