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__ Social Networking __ __ What Is Social Networking? __

Social Networking on the internet, uses websites. The are like online communities full of people. Once they are accessible, people begin to socialize and maybe even contacting people on it. These sites usually include being able to post some things about yourself, and create profiles with features such as pictures, interests, and personality. Other people on the site can access these profiles and look at them. You can post videos, pictures, and many other things as well. When you are on these websites, you can gain new friends and find out about new people. But there are some dangers to social ne tworking and revealing information on the internet, too. In fact, there is danger everywhere on the internet, so social networking may have safety settings so not everyone can see your information. Ultimately, the purpose of social networking is to help connect people across the world online.

__Facebook __

There are many different social networking sites out there. Myspace was created in January, 2003 by Tom Anderson. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey in 2006. Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004. It was created in Harvard by Zuckerberg and fellow students and roomates. They are: Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Facebook was limited to Harvard students where Facebook was created, but then it spread to other colleges, and now to anyone over thirteen. Facebook has eventually become one of the most popular social networking sites, along with Twitter and Myspace.  Facebook lets people create profiles about themselves, post status updates about their lives, upload photos and videos, and write on people's "walls" where updates and messages are written. It also lets people "friend" each other to become contacts/friends. Facebook also has online games. People can play these different types of games where people can interact with each other in various ways via Facebook. They include FarmVille, and Restaraunt City, which are very popular. In the end, Facebook can be a way to socialize and contact others, but also can be dangerous if the wrong people see all your information.

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