- easy to connect with friends
- lots of fun widgets to play around with
- ability to include photos and videos on profile
- added "Pages" for businesses - businesses used to create a "group" but now members can easily distinguish between a business and a group
Negatives about Facebook:
- ads galore, ugh!
- got a new interface aprox. a year ago... the old one was much nicer (no ads)... Facebook is getting greedy I guess, they want money from the ads
- if you send too many friend requests in a certain amount of time, Facebook warns you to stop requesting to be friends with so many people... Who are they to say u can't be friends with a million people?
Why are social networks so popular? Because they are a fast and easy way to connect. They are informal, creating a relaxed virtual atmosphere.
Theres lots of ways that we might be able to implement features of social networking in the library. If we are present on social networking websites, we are present in the virtual world, reaching out to every patron that is not in the library, but online.
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