Blog #2: The Impact of Social Networking Sites Whether you believe that Social Networking Sites (SNSs) have negatively or positively impacted our society, the fact of the matter is they're here to stay and continue to grow at a rapid pace. Regardless, if you use SNSs as a means for business, networking, or leisure, they have penetrated our everyday life. As reported by Investopedia, Social Networking Sites (SNSs) is defined as “ an online vehicle for creating relationships with other people who share an interest, background, or real relationship. Social networking service users create a profile with personal information, photos, etc. and form connections with other profiles.” You can cultivate relationships through sharing, instant messaging, and commenting on your contacts posts. In class lecture, SixDegrees.com was the first “identifiable” SNS. SixDegrees.com met all 3 requirements of a SNS. As time progressed, many new and improved SNSs were created. SNSs have infiltrated...
Net Neutrality , simply put, is the access of internet at the same speed as everyone else. The traffic created by you is by browsing the web, and it’s treated equally by the companies that have built the infrastructure of the internet (internet service providers or ISPs) like AT&T, for example. They create a superhighway and direct the stream of traffic between you and your internet provider. Net neutrality is important to me because it is a means of creating fair usage of the web, regardless of socio-economic status. According to Chapter 5 of our reading, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is given the authority to review and revise rules relate to structural regulation through a means of limitations or permissions to enter communication markets. Why should you care? The FCC requires ISPs to provide a baseline level of service, but companies will be able to pay to acquire faster service. The end of net neutrality means that this advantage only serves people of a higher s...