| | | | | UK and the result concluded that there are 5 basic |
| In the wide world of Internet, social networking | | | | types of social networkers and they are: |
| has carved its niche and is probably the most | | | | · Enthusiasts |
| popular niche. There are no age group barriers in | | | | · Self-confessors |
| social networking although the maximum people | | | | · Philosophers |
| using it are teenagers. Social networking has had a | | | | · Critics |
| paradigm shift over the last few years as it | | | | · Cynical clowns |
| evolved from being just a platform for friendship | | | | |
| to something much more meaningful, bigger and | | | | According to the study, the self confessors are |
| more commercial. For example: MySpace. | | | | the ones who believe in over-exaggeration of |
| MySpace is one of the leading social networking | | | | their flaws. It is like you have a particular flaw and |
| sites that offer communities, forum, email facility, | | | | you confess having it, which normally other people |
| weblog space and enhances uploading of videos. | | | | won’t do. In such a case, you will be a self |
| This is one place where you will find ordinary men | | | | confessor social networker. Other social |
| and women getting to know about some of the | | | | networkers treat a self confessor as someone |
| top bands in the music circuit. It has also become | | | | who is utterly human and at the same time |
| a lunch pad for new bands on the block and | | | | loveable too. Cynical clowns on the other hand are |
| talented artists. | | | | those who always have this urge to comment on |
| | | | | different social issues in the most outrageous |
| According to a research and survey conducted | | | | manner. Cynical clowns are looked as those who |
| by comScore, it was found that MySpace | | | | like to shock other people and this is just another |
| received visitors in excess of 114 million from | | | | way of covering their own limitations. |
| across the globe with the minimum age being 15 | | | | |
| and maximum being 80 in June 2007. This caused | | | | Enthusiasts are those who are never short of |
| a 72% increase in their visibility and internet | | | | energy and are enthusiastic about everything or |
| traffic. Similarly, Facebook is a social networking | | | | one particular hobby they have. For example: |
| site that connects people saw an increase in | | | | There are people who can talk about a lot of |
| traffic in 2007 and recorded 52.2 million visitors. | | | | things but when you talk to a photographer about |
| Their overall growth in 2007 jumped by 270% | | | | photography, they will become very enthusiastic |
| and is expected to increase further. | | | | and will talk for hours. That is an enthusiast. |
| | | | | Everyone tries to be a philosopher but very few |
| The Personality Types | | | | make the grade. A true philosopher will never see |
| | | | | things from the practical point of view and will |
| There are different types of people who visit | | | | have a philosophical way of looking at everything |
| social networking websites and placing them in | | | | whether it is watching a movie or talking about |
| one particular category will be a next to | | | | the many colors of life. Critics are the last |
| impossible exercise. There are many people and | | | | category of social networker and they are |
| companies who have tried to define the types of | | | | normally critical about most of the things and |
| social networkers based on their habits, their | | | | always see everything from a different |
| behaviors, the age-group, need etc. In fact, | | | | perspective or point of view than the ordinary. |
| recently a research was conducted publicly in the | | | | |