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Social networking websites are continuously evolving the Internet into a global society where people can socialize and news can travel around the world instantly. Never before has personal information sharing been so easy and quick to perform. Here are some ways social networking is evolving the Internet.
- Friendship Communities
Perhaps the most significant impact social media has had on the Internet is the ability to connect with friends, find out what they are doing at the moment, share videos and pictures. Facebook is currently the dominant player in the social networking industry with more than 600 million active users as of January 2011. Along with posting messages, pictures and videos, Facebook allow users to further build a community of friends where they can invite each other to games and see each other’s scores.
- Constant Celebrity Updates
Before social media websites like Twitter, celebrity fanatics had to wait to get their get news from tabloid magazines and entertainment news shows. With the explosion of Twitter, subscribers can follow celebrities and get instant updates on their daily lives. Perhaps this means celebrities’ having a private life is fading away, but for those who love to keep up with the “stars,” Twitter is a celebrity-update revolution.
- Worldwide Evangelism.
Facebook has become a revolutionary evangelistic tool for countries involved in political uprising. Recently in February 2011, Egypt went through a massive protest to expel its government leader and Facebook was a major component of spreading the news. In an article from the The Huffington Post, activist Wael Ghonim spoke with CNN in which he credited Facebook for the success of the Egyptian people uprising.
