The chosen social networking site I'm going to be talking about within this post is Facebook, which can be found at http://www.facebook.com
I personally use facebook, and I am also a member on another networking site called Myspace (www.myspace.com). I find that Facebook is good for letting me speak to my friends at University. I think that this website mostly attracts those who are at University so they can be part of that network, I also think it attracts an older audience from this. Back home none of my friends are on facebook? They all still use Myspace! This is why I am under the impression it mainly attracts University students - Which is odd. I suppose it is because Facebook has become apart of student society almsot! If you're on a night out and someone takes a photo - you know it will be on Facebook! Where as back home, you don't see the photo again. This is my personal experience of it all anyway.
I've never really considered witholding identity on Facebook until now. I've always thought it would be quite hard to do, as I only add people who I know IRL and would never accept someone that I did not know - But thats me, Maybe other people don't do this and do accept people they dont know? People who can then go on to pretend to be something they are not?
I think Facebook is great for allowing you to upload all of your photos, personally I like this aspect because it allows me somewhere to store all my photos without blocking up storage on my computer!
I do worry that people might become too addicted to these types of websites and that they might perhaps start to take over other aspects of communication, if my friends at home where on Facebook I'd probably just speak to them on there instead of texting etc.
I also think it can be quite bad in terms of that everyone knows what your doing and who your speaking too and what your speaking about! You have no control over this, on the likes of Myspace you can at least accept/decline comments before they are posted so that you know what everyones going to see, on Facebook you can log on and their can be photos/wall posts that tell all the people you know a lot that you didnt want them to know - sort of thing!
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Hey Megan, I agree with you about facebook and how it is nice to be able to upload pictures and talk to everyone.
I too also dont hide my identity, and for me it is for the same reason because I believe I know everyone that I accept as a friend and dont see why I should hide who I am in front of people who I know in real life.
The only thing I did find differnt to you is that I have alot of friends from home that use facebook as well as at uni.
I love the fact that no matter what hppens to your computer the photos put on facebook will always be there.
Facebook is a great way of keeping in touch with people at uni. I think its good for organising nights out and events and you can know all the information about the night out by creating an event for it.
I use facebook for mainly keeping in touch wih people at uni rather than my friends from home. However i don't know who uses my space anymore I have got an account but haven't been on it for ages.
Given the short lifespan of online genre (e.g. Kathryn's point about Myspace) What do you think students will be using in three years time?
Perhaps it will be QuBox.com?
I still log on myspace account because thats what my friends back home use, but i have to admit that my student friends have a lot more time for being online than they do! If you go in the library everyones on facebook! It's pretty shocking really!
I think its hard to say what students will be using in 3 yrs time, I think that facebook is like myspace in its ways but a more advanced version, so perhaps we will be using an even more advanced version of facebook? I dont think that theyre wont be anything new around though, but Im not sure how sucsessful new things will be. - Why was facebook suddenly so sucsessful? I will always remember when someone came into Uni to give a talk and where like you can find out more at my facebook... Madness!
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