Social networking sites are a fantastic way to keep up the important people in your life, both past and present, and to re-connect with people that you have lost track of. Back when sites like Facebook were more private there was more freedom to express yourself and show as well as tell your friends what is happening in your life. Now that anyone can sign up you need to be careful to show only the sides of your life that you don't mind your prospective employers, college admissions counselors, or the news media viewing. I'm not kidding about this last group. Lately when something happens to a younger person the media immediately looks on the social networking sites to find out about the person and gets the names of contacts to get their "insights."
The sites have so many practical uses beyond the obvious. Recently, a close relative was making plans for a college semester abroad. When she got the list of all of the students from other schools who were making the same trip she started looking for them on Facebook. She found that one person had already set up a group and had poked them to get it started. The group worked so well that when several of them ended up on the same flight out of New York they were able to recognize each other and arrange for seats together on the flight across to Europe.
I wasn't aware that there were so many special interest sites. I did visit Dogster and found out that people that have the same breed of dog that I do, are as crazy as I am about the breed.
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