Group Organization

This week in class we focused on a Clay Shirkey article that discussed how new forms of media have helped people form new groups on the Internet, mainly through social networking sites. Facebook is somethin that was mentioned in class. From the time this social networking site was started up, the sites popularity has grown in users as well as applications which help internet groups form easier. While on facebook you can create a group for an upcoming event, or join a group in a club/ sport or organization you are a part of. But Facebook isn't the only social networking sites that is bringing people together in new ways. I recently signed myself up for a LinkedIn account to help find my post college job. I was amazed at how you can narrow down your job search and request in the field you want and in what area of the country you want to work. On this social networking site there are both small business and fortune 500 companies seeking employees and even willing to refer you to other companies. What is amazing is how fast and easy setting up both a LinkeIn and a Facebook profile was. Within minuetes you can become a user to two of the most popular online groups known.
Creating an account on LinkedIn may help me find the career that I am looking for, and new updates to Facebook may help me expand my group ties but I definetly feel that social networking groups like this one are benificial and will further grow in the future to form more groups and bring people together.