The prominence of social networking websites has reached a peak in the last few years. Everyone from a teenager to an adult has their profiles listed on such websites and uses them on a regular basis. In today's world. Where because of work tension and pressure it is not possible to meet up with friends and family on a regular basis, social networking websites are an excellent way of keeping in touch with all the people we want to.
Websites like Orkut, Facebook, Flixter, Faceparty are popular world over. These websites provide several interactive features by means of which we can easily communicate with our near and dear. We can also find several people with similar interests as ours and form communities and take part in several activities with them. One of the more recent social networking websites to gain worldwide popularity is Twitter.
Twitter uses micro-blogging as its base, has people communicating with each other in the form of tweets.
Tweets are extremely useful as they convey our message to all our friends who are listed on our profile and are known as "followers". In a time where we find it difficult to keep up with people, reading a person's tweet and learning about what they are currently doing can prove to be a great help and boon. It is also ranked as one among the 50 most popular websites in the world. Thus, the era of social networking websites, is here to stay! The only question is, which new trends will surface, and how will it effect the industry as a whole?
The Social Networking Explosion