This document discusses social networking and popular social networking platforms. It defines social networking as online services that facilitate building social networks among people with shared interests. Popular social networking platforms mentioned include Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and Facebook. LinkedIn is described as the world's largest professional network with over 120 million members. Facebook is identified as the largest social networking site intended to connect friends, family, and associates.
3. What is Social Networking?
• A social networking is an online service,
platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the
building of social networks or social relations
among people who, for example, share interests,
activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections.
• A social network service consists of a
representation of each user (often a profile),
his/her social links, and a variety of additional
services.
4. • The main types of social networking services
are those that contain category places 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,
Twitter and Google+ widely used worldwide.
5. Social Networking Platforms.
• Popular methods now combine many of these,
with Facebook, Twitter and Google+ widely used
worldwide.
• The Sphere (luxury network), Nexopia: mostly in
Canada).
• Bebo, VKontakte, Hi5, Hyves: mostly in The
Netherlands.
• Draugiem.lv : mostly in Latvia.
• Ask-a-peer (career oriented), StudiVZ : mostly in
Germany
6. • iWiW : mostly in Hungary.
• Tuenti : mostly in Spain.
• Nasza-Klasa :mostly in Poland.
• Tagged, XING, Badoo and Skyrock in parts of
Europe.
• Orkut and Hi5 in South America and Central
America.
• Mixi, Orkut, Wretch, renren and Cyworld in
Asia and the Pacific Islands
• Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Linkedin are
very popular in India and Pinterest is also a
social networking site which is used in India.
7. LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com)
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional
network with over 120 million members and
growing rapidly. LinkedIn connects you to
your trusted contacts and helps you exchange
knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a
broader network of professionals.
15. Facebook (www.facebook.com)
Facebook is a social networking website
intended to connect friends, family, and
business associates. It is the largest of the
networking sites, with the runner up being
MySpace. It began as a college networking
website and has expanded to include anyone
and everyone.