› “Free” Social Networks?
What makes a social network free? Is free network social software really free? Well, free can mean lots of things. When the word "free" is used by most dating and social networking services it usually means that it is free to join the online social network or free to register with the site. And that’s the end of “free”. You will have to pay to contact a member, pay to use detail search, pay to search outside your social network.
Most online social networking sites remain free until they reach a certain size. For example, when an online dating service is starting off, everything will be free in order to build a social network community. But once it reaches a few hundred thousand members it will start charging. Once a site starts charging new membership naturally slows and these services must advertise to acquire new members.
Now, what’s totally free is the SMS text messaging you can receive by placing a text message box from TextMyProfile.com on your MySpace, Friendster or Orkut profile homepage. Count on it!