Social Networking

There are many social networking sites to explore on the internet.

The theory of a social network is simply, at its most primitive conceptualisation, one of organisms living in interrelated social structures. While in its basic state it is all about individual organisms it is also charcterised by groupings such as organisations, guilds, professions or even geographical demographics. These blocks or nodes are interdependent in some way. While there is always one clear link there are usually others which can be obvious or less obvious and may even be hidden and unapparent to the members of the node.

The links may result from interdependencies though even that may not be clear and it may simply be a curiosity to understand other cultural varations or a thirst for knowledge. Many of the links can be based around shared or differing values, visions, ideas, financial exchanges, friends, kinships, dislikes, conflicts, web associations, sexual relationships, chronic or transmissible pathological states, or simply transport corridors.

Social networks while simple when there are only a few individuals involved rapidly increase in complexity and diversity as the numbers or nodes and linkages develop. Networks can exist within networks and interface with other networks like the classic Venn Diagram across

• Flicker
  • Twitter
• Dipity
• Facebook
• Friendster
• Orkut
• Twitter
• Pownce
• Viddler
• Mento
• Firefly
• Twistory
• Timetube