Attempts to make social networking sites began in the early 90s

2.  Social Networking sites offer a way for people
with common interest to interact with one
another
 They include services such as chats, e-mails,
video chats, and instant messaging

3.  Information posted on the sites
is free for all to view (unless you
make profiles private)
 Spamming sometimes occurs
from a gathering of the e-mails
used on such sites
 Messages sent by users of some
social networking sites such as
MySpace have been used in
court as evidence against its
users
 School officials have recently
begun using sites such as
Facebook to make sure their
students are acting
appropriately and not harassing
each other

4.  Attempts to make social networking sites
began in the early 90s
 Some of the first popular sites were
classmates.com (1995) and sixdegrees.com
(1997)
 Today, there are hundreds of social networking
sites, ranging from dating sites to the friendship
based sites, such as Facebook and Myspace

5.  Facebook.com
 Membership includes approximately 85 percent
of U.S. college students
 Targets students and younger people
 One of the most popular sites today
 Myspace.com
 More than 80 million profiles created
 Second most viewed site in America
 Created in 2003 by “Tom Anderson”
 Friendster.com
 One of the first sites that became popular
 Created in 2002 by Jonathan Abrams

6.  Facebook.com
 Membership includes approximately 85 percent
of U.S. college students
 Targets students and younger people
 One of the most popular sites today
 Myspace.com
 More than 80 million profiles created
 Second most viewed site in America
 Created in 2003 by “Tom Anderson”
 Friendster.com
 One of the first sites that became popular
 Created in 2002 by Jonathan Abrams