SOCIAL

NETWORKING

FROM THE EYES OF THE

PARENTS

Plaxo.com Flixster.comFriendster.comOrkut.comLinkedin.comNing.co

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Facebook.comHi5.comMyspace.com

Jippii.comNettome.com

Whyville.comClipstar.comHabbohotel.com

Our kids could be endangered by all these site

Facebook.com

• It was started by Mark Zuckerberg• It was one of his hobby projects• Facebook Is the second largest social network on the web, behind

only Myspaces in terms of traffic.• Primarily focused on high school to college students.

“in August 2005, thefacebook was officially called facebook and the domain facebook.com was purchased for a reported $200.00.”( by Sid Yadav.)

The Good Things About Facebook

You have to accept them before they can look at your profile

You can communicate with friends far away

We can all stay in touch with people .

Meet new friends

The Bad Things Of Facebook

People can lie about themselves, and be creeps.

People you don’t know may know a little about you.

Some people have inappropriate pictures and comments.

FRIENDSTER

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE INFORMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Founded in Mountain View, California in March 2002 by Jonathan Abrams

• Based on the circle of friends (Social Networking)

• Currently 50 million users

HISTORY

• Was considered the top online social networking service until April 2004

• Google offered $30,000,000 to buy Friendster in 2003 but were turned down

• “Friendster was funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Benchmark Capital in October 2003 with a reported valuation of $53 million.” (Wikipedia, 2007)

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

• ADVANTAGES:• CONNECT WITH FRIENDS• IT IS EASY TO CREATE A CHARACTER VERY

DIFFERENT FROM YOU• IT IS FREE

• DISADVANTAGES:• EVERYONE CAN SEE ANY OF YOUR PICTURES AND

YOUR PROFILE• SITE IS SLOW• YOU CAN’T BE TOTALLY SURE WHO YOU MAKE

FRIENDS WITH

HI 5By: The parents

The Pros

• You can upload videos to your profile.

• Music: you can add your or others music to your profile.

• Finding old friends and making friend circles.

• You can show off your photo albums.

Hi 5 Cons

• Hi 5 makes it easier for stalkers to learn more about you.

• The chat rooms and site in total, do little to protect your identity.

Information

• Founded by Ramu Yalamanchi.

• Ranking in the top 25 for most popular websites.

MYSPACE.COM

BAD THINGS ABOUT MYSPACE.COM

• several sex crimes have been connected to the site. In the multi-part report, "Dateline" follows a police officer who assumes a fake identity, engages in online conversations with young teens, and then shares with