Social networking, "the use of a website to connect with people who share personal or professional interests, place of origin, education at a particular school, etc" (taken from www.dictionary.com). As this definition states social networks are growing a dime a dozen these days. You may have heard of some of these places such as Facebook or MySpace. These are just some of the more popular places people flock to in hopes of meeting new people and sharing their ideas and beliefs. Many organizations use these websites for more then just networking with people. You can use social networking for a bunch of database related reasons. Before I get to much into my article allow me to explain how this relates to database. When you join a place such as MySpace you have to sign up with information about you. This kind of information is stored on the servers owned by the operators of Myspace. When you are logged in, depending on your interests or hobbies you will see adds that they feel might interest you. These databases of users can be used by individuals or companies more may reasons such as promoting certain products or services. Other places similar to this or user enhanced websites such as Wikipedia or Urban Dictionary where the information presented on the site is dependent on user interaction via it's registered members. So now that you have an idea how social networks relate to database I am free and clear to discuss this interesting article I found.
It has recently come up on different websites that super producer Steven Spielberg is planning on launching a social network. This social network will focus on those who wish to discuss or have experienced paranormal activity of any kind. The website which is heavily influenced by most of Spielberg's own movies will bring people who are interested in such topics closer together. By storing everyones experience together and sharing them across the web they can collect data and store information just as well as any database. This idea which originally started out with yahoo was initially scrapped but is now in the process of being reborn with the help of this Hollywood all star producer.
It really makes you wondering what kind of people may flock to such a social network, and how much of this information can be fiction compared to having some kind of credibility. The end result will ultimately be the same. The truth is out there for you to find and I personally might want to take a look at this website once it is up and running. Being the adventurous type I am it would be nice to know if there is really anything out there beyond the norm. All credit of this article goes to Michael Arrington of TechCrunch. Link to the site is pasted below.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/03/steven-spielbergs-ghost-town/
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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Facebook and Orkut are two of the most popular social networking sites. Both of them offer very similar features and capabilities.If we compare Facebook vs. Orkut.com from a market share perspective then it will show you that both are considerably behind MySpace with Facebook owning just over 11.5% of the market share and Orkut having less than 1%. Facebook has become very popular in North America over the last few months whereas Orkut is extremely popular in India.
Many people prefer Facebook to orkut as Facebook is a much more professional looking whereas Orkut looks somewhat unfinished,Facebook's Mini Feed feature is useful in seeing a quick snapshot on the latest happenings within your network,the ease at which you can customize layouts within FaceBook, especially the drag and drop option,the ability to supply how you know a person (through school, other friends, work, randomly, etc). This is especially interesting when you and one your contacts know the same person, but through different ways. Creating profiles in such websites for my business hotels, budget hotels, holiday packages is happening good in Alexa traffic details.
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