Social networking has revolutionized communication by allowing individuals to expand their social and business networks. Popular social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, and Hi5 enable various ways of communication such as chatting, messaging, sharing photos and videos. While social networking provides benefits like direct contact with large audiences and relationship building, it also presents challenges like maintaining consistency, protecting privacy, and managing one's online reputation. The future of social networking and online communication looks to incorporate new technologies like video chat and virtual environments to further reduce distances between people and enable richer interactions.