Impacts of online social networking sites on user relationships and self-image
In the recent years, social networking sites have achieved great recognition in internationally. They have attracted a considerable fraction of the online community because of the opportunities they offer people to connect to each other in a simple and well-timed manner and to exchange and share a variety of information. On the other hand, these social networking also restrict users' mobility and eventually, their chances for finding and building new relationships and taking advantage from various networking services (Bortoli, Bouquet & Palpanas).
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Facebook: platform, impact, and digital communication
¶ … Social networking sites began in 1997 with a now-defunct site called SixDegrees.com. As of 2007, two sites dominated the industry. Myspace, owned by News Corp, is the industry leader with around $800m in revenue.