Social Networking

I looked at several of the articles listed in this quest. Your Guide to Social Networking Online was very long and gave a great history of social networking. It included names of networks that I had never even heard of. I was able to follow the links of those networks and see what each one looked like. They all basically served the same purpose of networking with other people. I thought the article on How to Talk to Young People About Socializing Safely Online had great tips. Getting your young person to follow those tips might be a challenge. LinkedIn was interesting. That one is directed toward networking with professional people. I am familiar with My Space and Facebook because my son used those sites on a daily basis. Now that he is in college he has cancelled his My Space account and now has a Facebook account. I opened a Facebook account so that he and I could be "friends" and I could also see what he is up to. I don't think that I will open a My Space account since he cancelled his. I actually heard about Classmates.com because it pops up occasionally when I am searching for a name on the internet. I like Friendster because I can search by name just like My Space.
I did not realize that there were so many networks out there for people to socialize on. Some of the people had very interesting web pages. Others are just plain scary!