1. By Samantha Kozar

2.  What are social networks?  What is Facebook?  What is Gowalla?  What are the capabilities of these sites?  Privacy Settings  Conclusion  Works Cited

3.  A social structure made up of individuals connected by forms of interdependency  Most are web-based and provide interaction through real time  2011 survey found that 47% of Americans use social networking sites  Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, eHarmony, Gowalla, Tumblr, Google+, etc.

4.  A social networking service that allows users to connect with people with similar interests and backgrounds  Users register their own profile allowing you to request friends, exchange messages and chat  Share pictures, videos and music, play games, and post your thoughts  Created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004

5.  Profile Picture  Update your status  Upload and create photo albums  Share your interests  “Like” other posts on Facebook  “Poke” your friends  Play games  Exchange messages, chat with your friends  Create events  Search

6.  A geosocial networking  Users ‘check-in’ to ‘spots’ that they have visited  Pictures of the spots you are checked-in at  Must use a mobile application or a mobile website to check-in  Receive awards or coupons for checking into certain ‘spots’  Recently bought by Facebook, Inc.

7.  Create your virtual passport  Create trips  Post pictures of the location you check-in at  Search for places  Can be linked to your Facebook or Twitter account  Track your friends location  View other people’s photos of places  Search

8.  Facebook ◦ Control who sees your photo albums, posts and personal problems ◦ Simple privacy controls ◦ Can control if people can search for you ◦ Based on your personal comfort level ◦ The best privacy settings of all social network services  Gowalla ◦ Shares information with third parties and users ◦ Always a risk when sharing your location ◦ Uses both persistent cookies and session cookies

9.  Facebook ◦ Most popular social networking website on Internet  More than 800 million users ◦ Most secure privacy settings  Gowalla ◦ Update your geographical location  Through the use of mobile apps and mobile website ◦ Create your virtual ‘passport’

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