Comments on: Why Social Networks Are Good for the Kids

By: Marjie Braun Knudsen

Marjie Braun Knudsen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:01:00 +0000

Great article Sarah. I think that the positives FAR outweigh the negatives. Here is an article about the social and educational benefits of Facebook. “Facebook can be good for kids, socially and educationally”
http://digg.com/d1uNPU

By: Dawood Mamedoff

Dawood Mamedoff — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:50:54 +0000

Thanks, very interesting ! I’d also recommend the following article as a summary of social network’s impact on children:

http://www.myho...or-our-children

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By: lee

lee — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:48:22 +0000

Why you are writing on a subject you know zero about?

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By: SE

SE — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:20:37 +0000

I think the future of social networking is going to be using it for specific interests. If you would look at a site like Build a Social Networking Business it offers the options to have your own social network. This would offer the owner that launched the site to be able to either keep it private or public to the user base knowing each other.

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By: Pablo

Pablo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:13:25 +0000

I’ve wrote an article called Paparazzi of our own life, you can read it here:

http://pablocap...r-own-life.html

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By: kimbjo

kimbjo — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:31:08 +0000

You’re such a retard. Why would you try to debate the professor on a subject matter that you don’t have the domain expertise to properly address?

By: RJ Garbowicz

RJ Garbowicz — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:31:55 +0000

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RJ GARBOWICZ, CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,
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By: RJ Garbowicz

RJ Garbowicz — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:45:16 +0000

RJ GARBOWICZ, CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,
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By: Thomas Whitney

Thomas Whitney — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:14:25 +0000

I don’t think the issue is at all about social networking and whether or not it is good or bad for brain development. It’s a modern progressive social phenomenon that is growing. Can’t stop it because there is a social need for it.

What we can do is keep in step and a finger on the pulse of the digital security of it all.

Check out http://www.justaskgemalto.com which outlines alot of what I’m talking about.

We just need to play smarter.

By: TCCritic

TCCritic — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:33:22 +0000

Beautifully written.

Sarah – you’re raising the bar in TC. Keep up the good job!

By: Steve Nordquist

Steve Nordquist — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:26:06 +0000

He said -thanks- for the sleepy content. Am I the only one who reads stuff at 3AM and needs a monitor that kind of goes to 30 lumens and warm colors around 2? Contrawise, DJ et al, do you only speak in platitudes with people whose home you enter as a guest? (And blogs…you know, it’s more like you wandered over their gazebo. Stumbled, in Reinertson’s case.)

Greenfield made a pretty lame case that I could see, but it’s right that wrong is rolling fat book of attention in MySpace and Facebook; critical thought is banned. How are your excellent skills in turning that around and making real identities? It’s a hideous loss.

By: Ram C

Ram C — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:15:14 +0000

At least It gets them out of playing games all the time. Children are meeting up friends online maybe making new ones instead of Gaming away most of their lives… Now they’re chatting… Some social life than none.. ???

By: ScouterRob

ScouterRob — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:21:47 +0000

I had the unfortunate opportunity to witness the power of Social Networking with teenagers over the past week. Last Thursday, one of 16 year old daughter’s best friend died unexpectedly. The funeral service was last night. In the 5 day span, the tributes, the prayers, the grief, the joy all came pouring out in hundreds and hundreds of posts on their Facebook pages. Was it good for the kids? Absolutely! It was the ultimate example of Web 2.0: Real Identity. We will all miss you, Marie.