social networking mania

Is it me or has socal network sites bombarded our lives? Where has the time gone when people spoke to one another on the phone and sent letters to loved ones across the seas. It appears the growth in technology has dominated and changed the way in which we communicate to people. The development in the internet has meant strong concerns surrounding the issue identity, which links to the increasily common problem of child paedophillia.

Alongside this fear, I acknowledge that simple precautions can be taken to prevent this from affecting anyone. It is of human interest to be nosy, i.e. why is that person crying? What has so-and-so been up to this weekend? It seems social sites satisfies our growing interest to interefere with others peoples' lives.

It comes to something when at any given opportunity to go onto the internet, I always sign into facebook first before I do any productive work. But in my opinion, 'social networks are the best thing since sliced bread'. In the last two years I have climatised myself to the fact that random people will access my Bebo account and glance through my pictures and post comments to me. It is inevitable that if you don't want people to know about your private life then don't bother publicating yourself.

It does frustrate me how the success of such sites has meant many corporations jumping onto the bandwagon. I find it extremely frustrating when two social sites are set out in the same format. Which leads me nicely onto Facebook.

Since the introduction of Bebo in 2005, facebook has generated equal success through targeting an older audience. At first I was reluctant to give into the temptation of signing upto the site. Friends pestered me about "how I was missing out and Bebo is a 'chavvy' networking site." But in honesty, I seen the site as a replica of Bebo.

However in recent months, I have noticed a growing trend in teens of my age switching to facebook. Admittedly I now prefer facebook to bebo. So does that mean bebo is on its way out? Or is facebook just a phase people are going through and in time will become bored of?