Monday, December 13, 2010

Human Behaviour & Social Network

Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin & the rest are viewed as just social networks by most of us. But recently I realised how these networks have tagged on to the human behaviour and thus created a revolution. I had joined Facebook in 2007 to stay connected with mostly my non-Indian classmates (it hadn't picked up among my Indian friends yet). The social network at that time was mostly a medium to get in touch with old school friends and maintain contact with graduation friends, atleast for commoners like me.

Networking has however moved beyond in the last few years. Facebook creators identified an age old human behaviour of curiousity to pry or know more about friends and acquaintances and introduced a unique home-page which doesn't talk about us but what our friends are doing and saying on the network.