REASONS PEOPLE LIKE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE

In general, I have observed & found following reasons for people to be spending so much time on social networking sites:

• Socialize - Social networks are great way to meet new people and make new friends. I have made a bunch of good friends through social networking sites.

 

• Finding & being in touch with old friends & family - Social networking sites are really helpful in finding old friends. I personally use facebook to find childhood friends, old classmates and old friends whom I have lost contact with. I also use it to keep in touch with the old as well as current friends.

 

• To follow the trend - Many people join these sites because their friends or some famous people are doing it and they just want to follow the trend. The biggest examples I can give are celebrities. Okay, there are many fakes, but there are actual celebrities too who are tweeting or using facebook and stuff. You can read about it every day in the newspaper.

 

• For time pass - When a person is bored and has nothing to do, he/she can pass the time by chatting or meeting new people on social networking sites.

 

• Promotion/Advertising - From singers to bloggers, you can find all kind of professionals and business owners advertising their music, bands, brands, products, blogs, websites, or whatever they do or sell. Most of these people are spending so much time on social networks for promoting of whatever they do or sell only. They don’t have any interest in communicating. They send friend requests to unknown people and try to get some free publicity, that’s it.

 

• Getting visitors to blogs/sites - Many webmasters and bloggers spend time on social networking sites to get some visitors to their blogs/sites.

 

• Get referrals/customers - Affiliate marketers spend time on social networks to get some potential referrals/customers by place their affiliate links in their profiles or tweets.

 

• For fun - Whether it be teenagers looking to have some fun or perverts looking to have some fun, social networks are great places to have some fun.