Sunday, January 30, 2011

Social Networking. Italian Style.

Social Networking comes in many shapes and forms all over the world.  It is constantly growing and changing. My focus however is on the networking trends of Italy.

http://www.vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/

As you can see from the image above, Facebook has pretty much taken over the social networking world.  It is the highest used networking site in a countless amount of countries. One of which is Italy. This form of social networking has been on the rise in Italy. It has been growing steadily at almost 3000% annually. It is so highly used that even police have used it to aid in capturing fugitives. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8570796.stm] Facebook however is not the only form of social networking that is used regularly in Italy. 

http://www.vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/

Netlog and Badoo are also of high use. Netlog is a website that allows you to do a wide range of things. You can chat with friends, add pictures, blog, check out what music is popular, join groups, check out events, play games and more. It comes in second place only to the almighty FACEBOOK. It is somewhat similar to the second place site of the United States, which is MySpace. You can customize the background of your profile and give it a touch of you and it also has many of the same features. However, you cannot add music to it, which is very popular on MySpace.  Badoo on the other hand is an online dating website. You can check out profiles of people near you, add pictures of yourself, message people, use chat, and get ratings. People find you quickly. From the ten minutes it took me to join and do research to the time I left, I had already received ten messages. If you want to be noticed even more you can use credits or pay money to put yourself in the spotlight. Another thing that you can do with either credits or money is view the people that want to meet you. Due to its ranking as number three in Italy it can be assumed that online dating is a very popular form of social networking.



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