This tutorial involved providing an annotation of an on-line community. The community I chose to look into was facebook as it is a tool I use on a regular basis to stay in touch with friends and family all over the world.
The web address: htt://www.facebook.com
"Giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected"- Moto
Facebook is a social networking website millions of people use i everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. Facebook users can add people as friends, send them messages, chat online and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by workplace, school, or college. Anyone over the age of 13 can become a Facebook user. Topics discussed on facebook can range from the everyday casual conversation between a number of friends, family or contacts to comments about statuses, events or photos. Users can also interact by loging onto the facebook blog and share thoughts and feelings or stories on different topics this way. Some topics inclued:
-Helping Kids Find Their Way Home (International Missing Children's Day)
-Connecting with Fans from World Cup™ Training
-Facebook Friend Request Turns to Happily Ever After
-Staying in Control of Your Facebook Logins
People create facebook accounts to re-connect with family or friends or to keep in touch from anywhere in the world. Some may seek out friendships or relationships.
Due to be able to publish photos and other content on Facebook there are many ethical issues surrounding privacy and confidentiality that are not taken into consideration. Anyone can look at peoples added photos and some profile content or post photos without permission. There are some privacy settings however that each profile can be set to.
An online comunity allows users to connect with anybody worldwide via computer. This virtual community allows users to communicate with each other without having to be within close geographic proximity.
However because of the nature of an online community it lacks the traditional face to face physical interaction and emotion and expressing one self is stilted. Social skills are not developed as effectively. There is also the possiblity that the person you may be talking to is not who they say they are - dangers of online chat etc.
What comunity lacks or cannot provide?
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