Thursday, November 6, 2008

Future of Social Networking

Social Networking -

At the heart of any Social Networking site consists of an online community which allows users to share information, Connect with new users and reconnect the old ones.

Social networking site comprises of tools of communication such as Email, Text Chat, Voice, Video and a lot more. Here, the users of similar interests can share information and interest and provide feedback and reviews.

For example, my father back in India is a diehard fan of Jim Reeves – A great Artist (songs).With the help of social Networking sites, my father can meet users who have the similar interest and share songs and get information about the great singer.


What’s Next ? -

Future of Social Networking will become more significant since the platform on which they are build expands.

The Killer apps introduce more mobility, presence, and Geographical (Location) awareness, making your physical life more convenient thorough virtual network.

In future, you will know which of your online friends are nearby. When you travel, the social networking site will sense your friends nearby, so that you can just drop by and visit them. This location awareness tool can sense local business and entertainment of your interest based on your profile.

Social Networking sites will become smarter with the touch of Artificial Intelligence mining all sorts of information across the web. Sites will keep a track your interest based on behavior.

It keeps track of the websites you visit, music you listens to, Article you read, friends you chat and their interests.

Every time you click a link on the website, the site gain intelligence thereby enhances your social network.


A bit of Risk -


As the platform expands and users enjoy the benefits, so will opportunities for attackers. Spammers and scammers will keep trying to exploit this huge base of information.
Site administrators will have to work hard in keeping these spammers off, keep the content quality high, while blocking the bad guys and still allowing everyone else to use the site.

2 comments:

Wen Yue said...

when referring to the risk. i think everything may have a trade off. When taking much care about the information security and purification, the cost, complexity and restriction of the system/networks will increase a lot.

Shruthi! said...

This future site would be a boon which is relating to the Artificial Intelligence. The main cut down point or difficulties would be in terms and cost and networks.