Social Networking is Not New, It’s Human Nature!
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Social networking is a hot topic on the internet these days, and yet, social networking is nothing new. Remember BBSs (electronic bulletin board systems) and Usenet, chat rooms and threaded discussions? In their day these technologies were just as appealing and drew us online with equal effectiveness.
Today Facebook, MySpace and other Web2.0 social sites are merely a modern day version of the village square, the cafeteria, and the water cooler - albeit considerably more “pimped out” with technology.
For instance, I started my online life in the early 1980’s using an Apple IIe and a dial up modem which connected me to various bulletin boards of the time. In the 90’s when email became the uber-product of choice, well it was pretty much a forgone conclusion we would embrace it.
Text messaging, video phones and other unifying communication technology is merely allowing us to do what we’ve done for millennia: hangout, gossip, share stories, make friends and socialize.
Social networking is not new, it’s old… and old is new again.
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