Facebook, MySpace, and others.

I have been checking out the social networking sites the last few days. I am familiar with a couple so I know how they operate. I chose Facebook first and pretty much decided not to do MySpace, but saw a few friends that used to live here so joined it too but only to find friends and classmates at a later date. Facebook has been pretty much what I expected it to be. Seems to be alot of teenagers using MySpace. There seems to be alot of people using Facebook in the professional fields which that surprised me. But it is a good tool for just that reason. In exploring around the site I've seen many different professions represented here. What a neat way to be able to communicate with others from all over about your interests and ideas in your chosen field, and to be able to "compare notes". These sites are definately nice for staying in touch with family and friends and finding classmates. I went to several high schools so am excited about the possiblity of hooking up with some I haven't been in touch with for years. So far my only new friends on Facebook are librarians. I have found 1 old friend, my renter who is also my neighbor, a cousin, a few people I know from our community, and someone I used to work with in a different field found me already. We really do live in a very small world.

I plan on looking around Facebook more and who knows? I may even find old friends from my junior high days. Won't that be a kick in the pants!