Social networking continues to grow as a vital part of our lives each and every day. From keeping up with friends and family to using sites such as Facebook as a way to market our businesses, there are hundreds of reasons why we should partake in social networking. In fact, over just a few short years, it is amazing the strides that social networking sites such as Facebook have taken.
In fact, there are currently more than eight hundred million active users on Facebook. In addition, more than 50% of those active users log in on a daily basis in order to check on the status of friends and to update their own status. Users also like to add pictures to their status with more than 250 million pictures being uploaded each day. This means that there are a lot of pictures available for each user's average of 130 friends to enjoy.
But it is not just individuals who use the networking site. There are actually more than 900 million objects such as pages, groups, events and community pages which individuals can interact with and do so on a daily basis. In addition to having over an average of one hundred friends, each person on Facebook is connected to an average of eighty of these object pages.
While it may have had its start in the United States, Facebook is now a global phenomenon. In fact, more than 75% of users are located outside of the United States and there are more than seventy languages available on the site.
More recently, you can take your Facebook page along with you on your phone. There are more than 350 active users who access the site through their mobile devices. There are also more than 475 mobile operators who work to promote Facebook mobile products.
Social networking has grown so that it has many more applications than just helping us keep in touch with friends and family, but is also can help out with keeping businesses afloat and even fighting crime. For example, a lot of businesses are now realizing that they can generate much more business by advertising their latest news on such social networking sites. This is also a great way to advertise for little to no money and get something in return.
Social networking has also become something of a crime fighting tool as well. Numerous police departments will use it in order to keep the community up to date on the latest things which are going on and also use sites such as Facebook as a way to warn the public of a potential threat. In addition, individuals are taking to social networking sites when looking for someone or to report a crime in an area in a way to warn their friends and family.
With the internet getting faster and expanding into new regions, there will be more and more people getting online and using social networking sites in the future. It will also be interesting to see what the next great social networking site will look like.
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