ONLINE video portal was one of the most appreciated concepts of social networking. These portals provide a local platform for members across the globe to upload and share their own videos. Video sharing portals like Yahoo Videos and YouTube are listed among the highest number of registered visitors.
Video sharing portals add to the concept of social networking as it allows members to comment on particular videos. Also it lets users to rate each video. Members can even report about inappropriate contents in videos. Clips and videos for music are two categories of online videos available on social networking sites.
SoapBox, Grouper, PhotoBucket, Webshots, Ning, iFilm, MetaCafe, DailyMotion, Gofish and Dave.tv are some of the other video sharing portals.
Though there were a number of new trends associated with social networking, the most popular was the concept of Online Dating Service. According to a statistics, more than 450 million dollar was spent on Online Dating Services in 2004 by the US citizens alone.
In recent years, there are more dating services coming up with specialisations. Portals which offer Online Dating Services are said to the most commercially successful sites on the net.
However online dating has got its own problems too. Fake profiles are the most common issue. There profiles attract people and make them pay for the services they offer.
There are more issues including misinterpretation, blind dates, profiles created for advertisement purposes, wrong information, fake registration and so on. To be short, when opt for online dating, beware of ‘internet frauds.’
There are a number of privacy issues associated with social networking communities. Since many members enter their personal info on these social networks, it’ll be easy for individuals with ulterior motives to create trouble.
There were reports on internet frauds misusing the database of members for vested interests. In the backdrop of these developments, social networking sites have been issuing warnings and suggestions to members to keep away from these elements.
Social scientists are of the view that before entering crucial information like personal details, medical data and financial information to social networks, they should verify for genuineness. Uploading photographs to social networking communities should be ne carefully.
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