Social Networking

These social networks seem to be a very easy way to keep in touch with people. People can start an account with something like Facebook, add friends, whether from their work place or from school and BAM, they open up a whole new network for themselves. Friends of friends, new people from states away, suddenly you are connected, whether you talk or not, you gain a whole network to utilize. The networking isn't always the best part of it either. Some use these sites just to keep in touch with people they might not normally call or see too often. Others use it just for the little games the sites have.
Facebook has a very good update system where people can post twitter-like messages. Its growth can be attributed to how easy and how effective and fun it can be. As written by Virginia Heffernan in Being There, they are like "spontaneous bursts of being: perfect."
Perhaps in the future, there can be more uses to help find jobs or even become a closer knit craigslist.