Social-Networking Services

It seems that almost anyone can be found on a social networking service, and if you don’t have one, well you’re completely out of the social loop. There are many different social networks to chose from, but I feel like the two most popular are Twitter and Facebook. These two social networks have steered people away from sending an email or picking up the phone to contact friends, and they now sign on to the internet and either send their friend a message, “poke” them, and even change your status to let everyone know where you are and what you’re doing. Twitter and Facebook have become the top social networks and are changing the way people interact.
Facebook is the social-network of my choice, and the only one I use. I enjoy using Facebook because it makes it easier to stay in contact with not only those friends around you, but the friends that live and go to college in different cities. It’s very user friendly, and can has its own iPhone applications so you can log on even away from a computer. Another good aspect of Facebook is it helps you meet new friends that attend the college you want to attend or a college you may already attend, and helps you to know who your mutual friends are. Though I do enjoy using Facebook, I wouldn’t pay for it if they decided to charge for the service. Though I like Facebook, I don’t think many college students would pay for a service like that, they don’t have a lot of money as it is. I think that if Facebook decided to charge for the service it would make Facebook feel more like a dating site instead of a social networking site.
The other popular social network is Twitter, though I don’t use it, it seems like everyone around me as one. I haven’t been interested enough to get me own account to Twitter because I don’t find the importance or the fun of posting to everyone what I am doing and where I’m at. I think that it’s very popular with the celebrities because most people feed off of what is going on in their lives, because it makes them forget about the troubles in theirs. If a celebrity doesn’t have a Twitter account and doesn’t post on it regularly, they are kind of looked down to as outcasts, and eventually get an article written about them (which was done to Miley Cyrus).
I think that when it comes to Facebook and Twitter they both are equal; one doesn’t over shine the other. I do however feel that these two social networking sites are what drove Myspace in to the ground. Myspace took the reputation of being more for the younger teenagers than the high school, college, and even parent group.
Facebook and Twitter are the two strongest social networking sites that attract people of all ages. They are changing the way people communicate with each other, and found a way to combine all your social needs into one website. Its convenient, and everyone uses one which makes it easier as well. Though I prefer Facebook over the other competitors both Facebook and Twitter have become very well known and greatly used social networking sites. The only thing they need to come up with next is a way to communicate on Facebook chat using video.