Social Networking via Internet - A Comfort to a Powerful Tool!!

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Social Networking – FUN? WASTE OF TIME? CAUTIOUS PLACE? NETWORKING....

YES! Social Networking has evolved and its current look is bigger & powerful than anything. Social Networking in the information era is a more than a place to be. Besides catching up with old friends, making new friends, bumping into old flames, socializing with your colleagues, teachers & family and most importantly browsing & posting silly thing, SNA is slowly changing our lifestyle. 

If you are not on any of these networks well stay tuned, you are bound to join one eventually!

'When you're a kid you can be friends with anybody. Remember when you were a little kid what were the qualifications? If someone's in front of my house NOW, That's my friend, they're my friend. That's it. Are you a grownup? No. Great! Come on in. Jump up and down on my bed. And if you have anything in common at all, you like Cherry Soda? I like Cherry Soda! We'll be best friends but it’s very hard to make a new friend. Whatever the group is that you've got now that's who you're going with. You’re not interviewing, you're not looking at any new people, and you’re not interested in seeing any applications. They don't know the places. They don't know the food. They don't know the activities, If I meet a guy in a club on the gym or someplace I'm sure you're a very nice person you seem to have a lot of potential, but we're just not hiring right now.'

--an extract from Jerry Seinfeld's Stand up. True isn't it? Even after decades. Something else is there. What? It is Social Networking.

Ever wondered, why make friends? The answer to it aptly fits with Social Networking. This isn't a newbie it has been around since the 1800s. SNA is networking's evolution. Making friends on Social Networking websites is relatively simple. Though it is no substitute to socialize with somebody in person, but it can be an 'icebreaker'. You don't need a reference.

If you have a decent number of friends via a social networking website you have a diverse set of professionals, rather resources. Rephrasing, it is a pool of diversified talents or a potential market. 

Business? Yes! That is what most corporations do with Social Networking. Your friend on a Social Network can be your business tomorrow. There are plenty of techniques available on the Worldwide Web on how to hone your network and utilize the Social Networking to its potential. It is not as pointless apart from connecting and gossiping with friends, a recent study claims that Social Networking Websites provide users with new social skills. Over 77 percent of employers are now screening potential employees through websites such as Facebook and Twitter.

This does not change just your lifestyle & friends but also your career. It is more of a social cult. If you are not a popular site, you might be a social outcast. 

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilities, SNA exposes an individual. A silly post/comment can lose a job or a relationship. Internet ethics is subjected to a lot of criticism & arguments. A wise mind makes hay while the sun shines. Brushing asides such cons which always accompanies with man's every move forward, isn't it wise to make use of the opportunity. From times of Greek, it is taught that opportunity comes at a premium. Before Social Networking is outdated here is our chance. 

Happy Surfing!!!