Social Networking As the New Family Reunion
I must admit when I first started using social networking websites, I really only wanted to see how I could possibly improve my relationship outlook. I was either looking for someone who was single, announcing that I was single or pleasantly surprised by who in my immediate community was suddenly single. And my interest in social networking sites remained that way until an old school friend looked me up on what was at that time the it place to be on the internet, Friendster. When Friendster no longer had the shiny new mouse appeal for the masses, Facebook was launched and poor Friendster became a mere figment of our short term memories. When I signed up on Facebook, I threw caution to the wind and really started to investigate and utilize all the features of the website and to use the numerous avenues available to not only seek out childhood friends, but family I hadn't spoken to or seen in awhile. Then it happened, I realized it wasn't a cool thing to do when I was board on t...