Social networking

Social networking                      Повышенный уровень

If you use Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or Linkedin, then you are part of a social network. When you create a profile on a social networking site, you open up a huge range of possible social connections. You can look up old friends, make new friends and share music, photos and videos with them. You can also join groups based on your interests or hobbies, favourite TV shows or music.

Setting up a social networking account is simple. You just create and post a personal profile. For this you need a login name, password, and an email account. Then you add some personal information such as name, age, sex, location, interests. You can personalize your profile and share as much information as you want. You can also control who sees your profile.  The next step is to search the network for your contacts, browse for new ones and add them to your network.

Different social networking sites allow people to interact in different ways. There are straightforward sites that allow you to expand your personal community such as Facebook. Then there are ones that involve media sharing, such as YouTube, where members upload and look at other people’s pictures and videos. There are also ones that specialize in sharing music, such as Last.fm, and finally, ones that allow bloggers to form online communities such as Livejournal.

The latest trend in social networking is to create your own independent social network. Companies do that to promote their brand and individuals can do it to create a very tight-knit community

Social networking                      Базовый уровень

When you create a profile on a social networking site, you open up a huge range of possible social connections. You can look up old friends, make new friends and share music, photos and videos with them. You can also join groups based on your interests or hobbies, favourite TV shows or music.

Setting up a social networking account is simple. You just create and post a personal profile. For this you need a login name, password, and an email account. Then you add some personal information such as name, age, sex, location, interests. You can also control who sees your profile. 

Different social networking sites allow people to interact in different ways. There are straightforward sites that allow you to expand your personal community such as Facebook. Then there are ones that involve media sharing, such as YouTube. There are also ones that specialize in sharing music, such as Last.fm, and finally, ones that allow bloggers to form online communities such as Livejournal.

The latest trend in social networking is to create your own independent social network. Companies do that to promote their brand and individuals can do it to create a very tight-knit community.