Social Network Sites

When I first opened this article, my immediate thoughts were that of facebook and how addicted so many people are to it. Social network sites can appeal to such a variety of people; I know people in middle school that use them and even some people's grandparents use them! It's a great way to connect with people from around the world and share/enjoy things of personal interest. The authors of this article categorize the SNS as a 'phenomenon' which I think is entirely appropriate. Only a few years ago, I did not know what facebook was. Now, I'm completely involved in facebook and find it distracting me with all its constant news and interesting features. People can access SNS on their mobile phones, which is crazy. It's interesting to see the launch dates of the SNS. I remember when I used LiveJournal and MySpace, but I haven't even heard of most of the others. I think that SNS are a good thing and bad thing; they allow such great connections to be made and sharing of interests, however, I do see how it is distracting to real life and it might limit real growth with social skills.