Social Networking

Other than socializing and posting pictures and events, Social networks are used in many creative ways. From a business perspective, these technologies are considered a great tool for recruiting; many employers find these platforms useful for finding candidates. For instance, Linkedin, one of the professional social network, uses an advanced feature that connects recruiters and candidates based on their portfolios. Usually, it matches employers with the right candidates or at least narrows down the list of candidates that meet the required criteria. In the article Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting, Langfitt says, "Social networking technology is absolutely the best thing to happen to recruiting ever." This is one way of many that corporations now are adopting social networking technology as part of their organizations.

One of the Social networks' dark side is privacy. This issue became maybe the first concern of users, and as you might be familiar with a recent Facebook personal data breach that raises a concern about how social networks handle confidentiality and deal with sensitive information. In the same context, people might use social networks to deceive and scam others. Facebook and Instagram now have this new feature where users can post ads and sell stuff online; scammers are hiding behind screens; they can assume any profile they want and use their own tricks. Facebook is raising concerns about scammers. In the Article Multi-million Dollars Scam Being Used In Facebook,  Polansky states that"While you're searching for deals in a neighborhood garage sale group, you might think you're talking with neighbors, but you could be talking with crooks." But sometimes scammers are really hard to detect, and they usually come up with new ways, creativity in scamming people.
Social networks can be used in so many good ways. ways that would benefit us as users and help the society as well. social networks can be used to spread awareness and knowledge. it si up to us to decide how are we going to use these platforms.

Works Cited

Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008. available from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6522523&sc=emaf

NBC2 Investigators: Multi-million dollar scam being used on Facebook. April 27, 2018.