Social Networks
I spend a lot of time on social networks. I’m on facebook A LOT. Its not all mindless quizzes, I’ve spent some time abroad and like to keep up with my friends in different times zones, also I have a lot of ambitious friends who have moved abroad for work or, with the luckier ones, love.
Also I’m at an age where many of my friends are going through big life changes, buying homes, having babies, getting married and social networks let me see the photos, watch the videos and read the blogs.
Facebook and twitter are probably the two biggest contenders for my attention. Twitter I use for news and to speak with fellow journalism students. Facebook is more social and friendship related things. So far I have still not found the perfect networking tool for family. Although a friend of mine claims he has – with a password entry only personal website where he updates from Thailand to his family in the UK, however at this stage its a onesided medium.
I recently joined googlewave after an invite from Cristiana, but she is my only google friend and I haven’t really figured out what to do with it yet.
Anyway, network sites are everywhere and people really do use them, from Linkd In for prospective employers to bebo’s youthful charm and colour – they are the biggest digital game in town.
So what better way to investigate social sites than by setting up my own! I have set up a group using ning.com which allows you to format the page anyway you want, put up media content, have discussions and blogs and members with their own profiles. I called it Music In Glasgow and so far I have one member, me.
Maybe people will join, I hope they do. The site is dedicated to any and all live music in Glasgow and I’m still experiementing with it.
