Facebook: A Social Networking Website For Students

Building your social network online is a very modern way of enjoying your leisure time. You get to meet new people who have different cultures, interests, and views about life. Social networking websites facilitate such social activity. There are traditional websites that have open memberships. Facebook website, on the other hand, is among those who cater to a specific group of individuals. Specifically, these are high school and college students.

Facebook is not as popular as other social networking websites like MySpace or Yahoo! 360. However, it is particularly useful and popular among the young people. To be a member of Facebook, you need to register your name in your school’s network. Once you’ve joined a specific network, you could view the profiles of the other members who go the same school like you do and invite them to be your friends.

There are certain benefits and risks with this type of set-up. Instead of opening your network to all people, you can only view and invite your schoolmates. The creators of this Facebook designed the website this way for your own safety. High school and college students are still very young and should be protected from being exposed to online predators that deceive and take advantage of internet users.

Facebook focuses on high school and college students but has also added a network for various businesses and companies. The workplace network provides a meeting place in the internet for people who are employed in the same company. This feature is especially useful for workers who are assigned to different facilities to still connect with their friends from their original office.

A weakness of the Facebook website is the lack of necessary information in its homepage. For example, it is not indicated if applying for membership is free of charge or not. Many efficient social networking websites puts this detail upfront to avoid any anxieties among their visitors. Furthermore, the website will become more appealing to online users if it will provide information about how it works, how to become a member, how to invite people and other general rules and regulations.

But for young people, especially high school and college students, Facebook is a good starting point in building lasting relationships. You develop your personality, individuality and you are able to express yourself more. For parents of this young people, it would be smart to get acquainted in your child’s Facebook network. Open your communication lines and know your child’s friends, social activities and interests.

Visit facebook.com to get a better idea of its features. If these suit your needs and you decide to be a member, remember to always treat your new friends well.

Cisco adds social networking to its forte (CNET)

The world's largest maker of Internet infrastructure equipment is now helping big media companies build social networking Web sites.

Cisco launches social-networking for businesses (ZDNet UK)

The world's largest maker of internet infrastructure equipment is now helping big media companies build social-networking websites

Social Networking Sites May Help Identify At-Risk Adolescents And Intervene (Medical News Today)

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Cisco adds social networking to its forte (cnet.com.au)

Two years after it first started courting big media companies, Cisco Systems will finally launch a new product to help these companies harness the power of social networking and connect their brands to fans.

Cisco adds social networking to its forte (CNET via Yahoo! News)

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated that technology from the Five Across acquisition was the foundation for the new Eos service. It is not.