Social Networking

Basically, users (like me) are using social networking to keep touch with friends, classmates and find new friends. But there are some portion of people using social networking as a way to promote their products, especially those who runs a small business online. By doing so, they will send a bunch of friend request to the users, and once they accept his/her friend request, he or she will post a comment on that person's wall to provide a link to his/her website, and a brief description about what kinds of products he/she is offering. We can also using social networking in politics. For instance, users can create a group for the candidates they support and allows other users to join the group, so they can express their opinions and provide the latest news about that candidate. we can also use social networking as a way to learn something new. On Facebook, users have the option to pose questions and ask for help. Furthermore, companies can use social networking to hire workers. I feel social networking did enhance our lives and provide many benefits to society. Some small online business can use social networking as a way to cut their budget since it is free for them to promote on the social networking site. According to the article, "Social Networking Technology boosts job recruiting" by Frank Langfitt, social networking helps people to find jobs, like Linkedin. Instead of wasting your time on faxing resume to different companies, you only have to post your resume on social networking sites and wait for the call. Although social networking did provide some benefits to the society, there is also some dark sides about it. According to "Is Myspace Good For Society? A Freakonomics Quorum" by Stephen J. Dubner, some companies are now googling on applicant's profiles on social networking sites, and if they find some negative side about that applicant, such as unappropriate pictures, the chance they'll hire them is very low. In the future, I think some social networking sites like Linkedin could add a view screen feature, so the job recruiters can have a online interview with job finders immediately.