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Social networking sites on the internet have proven to be powerful tools in both social and commercial markets. They provide ways for people to connect with each other without actually being physically connected. Taking it a few steps further than IM or cell phones, these sites allow people to send emails, leave comments, post blogs and bulletins, post pictures, and advertise products. By allowing people to interact with each other online, these sites have shown the progress of the Internet and it’s capability to help connect people in the real world. Not only are these sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, advanced and extremely helpful, but they are also used by the majority of the population, which makes them perfect outlets for companies who want to get their messages out there.
Marketing companies and celebrities have taken advantage of these sites by creating their own pages and then connecting themselves to other pages and people. Through this method, especially on MySpace, bands and people have become famous, and companies have increased their popularity and profit.
Several years after the rest of the world bought in to this concept, the government is catching on. The sites could allow the government to share information with people and spread ideas amongst the people. While the idea is still a relatively new concept and there is not yet any information on the security of the government’s presence on the sites, the sites could be incorporated into government functions such as tax and revenue, health care, and education.
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I can see the government doing research on social networks and how the government could use it to their advantage. Social networks are almost the new phone calls now adays. Sometimes people get to know one another by just talking on facebook, maybe its a new era?
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