In this century, Internet is no longer a dull space where you are only allowed to search for information. With the existence of Web 2.0, people tend to communicate with others on the Internet via various platforms. For instance, Internet users network with other people on social networking sites. Besides, Internet surfers also communicate with others via instant messaging software, blog, forum, et cetera. Today, I am going to focus on social networking sites in this post.

There are many social networking sites on the Internet. You should be familiar with what Facebook, Friendster and Myspace are. These are the typical social networking sites which most Malaysians join. Other than these three sites, there are still plenty of them such as Hi5.com and Tagged.com.

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I always receive email invitation from my friends to join various social networking sites. Sometimes I just get frustrated and reject to join. I mean how could I possibly handle so many social networking sites? Currently, I only have two social networking sites accounts, which are at Friendster.com and Facebook.com. I joined Friendster since year 2004 as many of my friends were joining it. In addition, I just joined Facebook recently as many Internet marketers and bloggers are using it.

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There is always battle among all these social networking sites. Myspace has been the top social networking site in the world all these while. However, Facebook recently has faster growth than Myspace and is estimated to overtake Myspace soon. That is why Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook is so wealthy now. Friendster is on its declining stage in the international market. Nevertheless, Friendster has got more members than Myspace and Facebook in South East Asia, mostly in Malaysia.

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I have actually asked for opinions from my friends regarding the differences among these social networking sites. They told me that Facebook has got many applications that let the users have fun. Myspace is nothing special compared to Facebook. On the other hand, Friendster is so popular in Malaysia because of its existing network and it is much simpler than Facebook. I guess people as lazy as me just don’t like the idea of spending time on decorating the profile page with fancy items and applications.

Which social networking site are you joining? Which one do you prefer the most? Please leave me your comment.

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