Social Networking Exercise - Part I

1. History and Use of Social Networking

I first heard about Myspace in 2004, but did not sign up for it until 2006, by which time all my friends were on the site and it was easier to have a Myspace page than to be without one. I still have a Myspace page but rarely check it. Sometime during the past month or two I finally got a Facebook account under much the same conditions (people kept asking me, “Why don’t you have a Facebook?”) and, while I am not very active on it, I would say I now visit Facebook more frequently than Myspace, because not many people are on Myspace anymore. In general, after doing hours of online homework, I prefer not to spend too much of my free time on the computer, but these services can be useful for staying in touch with old friends.