Be social, be connected

A social network is a social structure made of nodes (individuals or organizations) linked by their affinities (values, visions, ideas, friends, conflicts, etc.). Like in every network, social network analysis views social relationships in terms of nodes and ties. Nodes are the actors and ties are the relationships between them.

Internet abounds of softwares applications of social networks. The best examples are Myspace, Youtube or Dailymotion. You make your group of friends and you had to increase the capacity of your community. It's an amazing way to do your own promotion and communicate efficiently about any aspect of your life (personnal of professional).

Personnaly, I use Myspace everyday to promote my own website and its activity. Myspace is the sixth most popular website and store more than 200 million accounts. Myspace exists since 2003 and now employs 300 people. Several bands and musical organizations use this social network to build and animate their own community.