Why do you use Social Networking Sites?

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Seriously??, A discussion on this topic required, no use. .. Check, how widely this is spreading.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_statistics. Once it was Orkut now its Facebook. Now it became a part or an organ of human body, addicted.. I like it to an extend but even I use it every day.. Nowadays Facebook is the startup page for most of the browser.

@Ibrahim has given a good advice. I am not an addict on Facebook but use to share my photos. Just to keep them there and some close friends can see and I can see their updates. But this is the only purpose. I don't use these websites to make friends. They are not real friends. They actually take you away from real friends and real world. We, on C# Corner also have a community and this is why we have started Chapters so members can meet in person. We want to build this a social community, where people make friends, follow leaders, learn, meet, pass interviews, get jobs and have good lives. We're slowly but surely moving in that direction. We want to build a community that help problems.

Im not using FB any longer.I found it very useless.Takes too much of your time looking WHO replied to you,what to reply in return,goes on and on...When someone or you send a message to a friend,and if he reads it displays a note(Seen 'at this date').If not read,then friendship is being under inquiry.This FB thing is a tool for lazy people and marketing professionals.If you want business networking,use LinkedIn.If you want a friendship/social network,use Meetup and Eventbrite.Be social! Stay away from Facebook, people!

After reading all i could not stop myself to share my opinion, i use SNWs just for refreshments whenever i want to change my mood and to keep myself update while on work or somewhere.When i go on SNWs i always noticed something new, interesting and funny and some intelligent posts or features and these all change my whole mind. But yes if you have knife in your hand it only depends upon you how to use it,if you see something wrong form anyone you can mark them as spam or etc becasue it's also your social responsbility to stop bad things to go ahead .If you dont mind i would like to ask , is this your research only about to know the view or you are planning to develop a SNW ??

you most welcome shiv

Well.... thank you mahesh sir for your kind words. Truely such sites are good for marketing. Yup even I have seen kids using facebook. These sites are really addictive. I know kids in this generation want to learn things fast, but I think parents should take up the responsibility to teach their kids to be away from these stuffs, as it is not good for them at this tender age. @Pramod & Abhi - Even I have accounts on facebook and a few other social networking sties, and these sites do have some plus points(socializing people) and that's why they are called "Social Networking Sites", but you know what, as an indiividual we should not only look at these things from one particular angle, but the second view or angle is what I have tried to explain above. Again I am saying that I am not against any social networking sites, but it should be used effectively. A knife can be used to cut vegetables and even to kill a person. That's the point!!! But thanks for commenting, at least we get an idea as to what people feel about these sites. Thank you once again. :)

well i agree with you one this totally. Facebook has been a straight distraction for me i all the aspects of Education. but using facebook also enables me about various tech related stuff. even Facebook was the one which connected me to C# Corner. i am not against your views but i find social sites a bit helping also. for a student like me, who is always concerned about programming languages and softwares etc. , these sites have always helped me to get along. also i am a professional worker at a company at an instant and Facebook enables me to share my works with my peers and due to this i get acquainted with more entrepreneurs and i get more jobs opportunities. Otherwise i too feel that it has become a total waste of time. also sometimes it leads to chaos also. i have experienced some of them too.... :P : P :D

May be you are right. But you also know for possitive point of view they are very usefull ......... did you thing the world become very close for using social network. sorry friends but i am talking about possitive point of view facebook is nothing but finding his / her old friends and linkedin getting business and knowing the products from profetional workers

Good blog Shivanand. I personally found social websites a big distraction. Since I started getting on Facebook and Twitter, my productivity has gone down. I think they are good for marketing professionals to promote the companies and products. They are good for sharing photos with families and friends who live far. But I personally am not a big fan of social networking. They are addictive. Big waste of time. And young generation who should be focusing on building their career studying, networking, learning are wasting their time. I see 10 years old are addicted to Pinterest and Facebook. They should be out there playing games.