What are the benefits of online social networks?
Social networks provide support during crises, act as resources when you’re trying to accomplish something new, and connect us with people. Social networks that are strictly online can only provide certain aspects of this support, but where offline and online social networks overlap I expect we’ll see the formation of new types of communities that can do things not possible before. Q: What are the dangers? A: The biggest danger is forgetting that the world is not a uniformly happy and safe place. Just because a social media tool calls people you’re connected to “friends” doesn’t mean they’re really friends. We’ve seen that revealing your location can cause personal safety issues. Research at UCI shows that about 5 percent of people who share their location in a status update have had an awkward or dangerous experience because of it. Also, as with many social institutions, not everyone is free to abandon or limit use of these tools. We’re starting to find that people who use social medi
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