The primary principal of social networking is without doubt participation. Without participating in social networks your friends would not be able to locate you. It is not always clear whether participating in as many networks out there is better than contributing to handful of them more frequently. You are welcome to share your opinion.

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Social media on the Internet is traditionally linked with websites like Facebook, Twitter, Technorati  and Flickr. Lee White reminds us in the presentation named “Social Media is…”, posted on Slide Share, that conversations among human beings are conducted in a human voice. Lee also adds that “networked conversations are enabling powerful new forms of social organization and knowledge exchange to emerge”.

Facebook, MySpace, Xing, LinkedIn and Friendster are considered by many as the leading social networks for professionals. The survey below, posted by BuzzDash, checks which social networking site is most popular among its users.

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The legendary “Destroy the Web 2.0 Look” presentation, encourages the reader to do exactly that. The balance between trend setting and trend following is viewed as meaningful. In its own words:

“Design cliches will always exist. Understand why the exist, for whom they exist, and how to avoid them. Incorporating current trends into your work can be a very good move, but add a dash of originality too. Learn from the best – don’t rely on the flock to provide inspiration. Adapt continuously. Educate the masses that the “Web 2.0 Look” is a meaningless term. Web 2.0 is a concept… … not a design aesthetic”.

Web design has walked a long way since November 2007, but these words seem to be as relevant as ever.

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