› Thousands of “Friends”
When creating an online social network via MySpace Friendster or Orkut profile sites, users often try to collect as many “friends", or linked users as possible. In order to rack up impressive numbers it is not uncommon for teen social networking users to receive and accept “friend” requests from people that they don’t even know. Mostly this is a harmless practice, as a social networking service allows users to cut people out of their network if they wish. Nevertheless, is another reason to protect online privacy and to be careful about what information that one makes available to the public.
It’s not all shallowness and danger however, or people wouldn’t do it. An online social network allows anyone with a computer and an internet connection to stay in touch with friends who want to talk online, help single people meet other singles, connect their friends with other friends, keep in touch with families, network with co-workers, study with classmates and study partners and more. You can even receive free online SMS text with TextMyProfile.com.