A growing number of people 60 and older, the Internet has become more than just email. Often encouraged by their children and grandchildren, their computers were purchased with the sole purpose of basic communication via e-mail, but now join the growing number of users to adopt the Internet as a means of social intercourse. Not satisfied with the convenience of e-mail, which have embraced instant messaging services like MSN and Yahoo Messenger, while the subscription> Social networking sites like Bebo, MySpace, StumbleUpon, Facebook, YUWIE, and Wayne.

Internet is the ideal medium through which blend youth, experience, culture and enthusiasm. Modus operandi of social networking sites are very different, but each allows the user to build a website and unique individual, with contact information, interests, pictures and a place for comments. All require a valid e-mail and most in demandas proof of age identification. Record the basic information, users can invite their friends or in many cases, the site offers other people as potential friends based on common interests, location and age. All messages will be of nature, communication clearly between individuals and groups. Almost all the revenue from advertising on the site, but it is also possible that more unscrupulous operators to sell personal information.

The increasing diversity of socialnetworking sites have different goals and ambitions. Facebook, one of the most successful social networking sites were originally aimed at college students and soon built large networks. In 2006 he left his network open to anyone with anything on the third level of membership is required. More controversial was the decision of Facebook to broaden their business horizons, so that more aggressive advertising, which relies on members interests and activities. There was also oppositionthe fact that the public has access to, and Facebook has responded by increasing the options for privacy.

Microsoft Corporation has two key aspects of social networking, MSN Messenger, the most popular email service with pre-adolescents and adolescents, and Windows Live Spaces provides similar services to Facebook. A recent innovation of the new arrival YUWIE is paid to shareholders, depending on the assumptions and popularity. The software keeps track of usage and reward friends of the people who writemore subscribers with a small fee. Corruption is, of course, worked, and pretend to write about 1000 new members a day, but users will have more than about $ 1 per month, unless you have thousands of friends network.

WAYN (Where Are You Now?) Is designed to connect with old college buddies, and had originally offered a free subscription (such as most services), but in 2006 introduced higher levels of membership, based on the payment. Not paying have a number of features disabled, such as the ability to see had seen your site. This change has backfired, of course, in 2007 Wayn restored these properties to non-paying. The decision reflects not only increased competition but undoubtedly led to a reduction of members Wayne.

StumbleUpon combines some features of existing facilities, not only allows communication via messages, but generally invite members to find new sites. These sites can therefore be seen that the person's home, and how many> Social networking sites also inform the friends of current events. The idea is to provide users with special interests, to take account of bookmarks to build and expand the interest in the web, pictures and simple GIF image files may also be published.

In the second part, I examined the problems of the elderly in particular.

Posted on March 24th, 2010 by admin
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