Week #10 Assignment

MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK--You know I've heard so much about each of these but never wanted to take the time to investigate them. This exercise gave me the chance to do that. It was interesting to me. I'll have to admit though, it bothers me a little that so much personal information is posted on these sites. I know that there are features to make these secure and only available to those you choose but I can't say that I actually trust that. If I could get beyond these concerns, I would feel better about it. It is a great way to keep and make new friends and to stay in touch with them and to keep up with what is going on in their life. I don't know if I will ever be able to say that I prefer social networking to face to face conversations, but with the pace of our lives it gets harder and harder to find time for face to face visits. As far as this being applied to libraries, I'm not so sure that this would be all that helpful. Some of the other features we've explored in this class I think would benefit us more.