Comments on: I’ve Got a “Social Networking” Site Too!

By: Adil

Adil — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:16:52 +0000

Javier,

The social networking space arent businesses or websites. They are simply defined as “trends”. As for your comment about people who have no life and are hanging out on the social networking sites..Well unfortunately the world looks at it differently. I find a site tell 10 friends who in turn tell 10 other friends. Why do I tell them? Because I found something interesting..”word of mouth”? The trend is not that people without a life hang out on these sites rather they have the ability to display themselves and that is exactly why it has attracted the younger generation.

Myspace..Facebook are merely a tool to find friends, partner(s), business opportunities etc etc. How you use them defines the purpose of social networking. And that being said, the current sites are just a trend. There will be something else tommorow.

By: Javier Marti

Javier Marti — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:06:18 +0000

YOur comment about the taxi driver was hilarious.
I don’t think (today) that specific field social networking sites have so much future. Why? well, I live in England. A lot of these people seem to have some problems to relate to each other, except when they get drunk. (not all of them, there is great people around, only too many of them do get drunk and have these social “issues”)
Thus, people are really into social networking here. (check stats for Facebook penetration in the UK and you’ll see what I mean)
For what I see, a lot of this people, the ones fuelling today the social websites are
1) students
2) people who don’t have much of a life, thus have time to add friends, add applications, etc…
Many of these people without much of a life are single and looking for partners. Many of them don’t like their jobs. But many of them also are into it to meet new people.
So, would the ones who hate their 9 to 5 job spend their time off with their co-workers or similar people? I doubt it.
Will they, or the others, or the students for that matter be interested to meet people (read potential partners) who are or work doing exactly what they do? I doubt it
Niche social networking has its place, no doubt people may be part of it. But I see it more logical that people will be part of a site where people gather around a hobby, rather than around a profession (as the teachers example from AJ).
Yes, “it’s easier to find “friends” when everyone in the room already has a common interest.”, but that may be exactly the opposite of what most people want…

Regards

Javier Marti
Trendirama.com

By: Robb

Robb — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:30:10 +0000

I don’t know if it’s the end of social networking – people love to communicate with like-minded people, always have, always will. It’ll always be around in some form or another – someone will always come up with a fresh twist on it.