I think social networking has to offer a lot for the future. It has already started to become very prominent in our world today-in our industries, organizations, celebrities, and just the average Joe. It is a way to interact and participate in things you usually would not have the time to commit to as well as keeping in touch with others. It is a new form of connecting without the actual intimate connection or participation. Social networking has taken over and will proceed to take over the way we interact with others as well as being informed and updated about news, events, and lives. Through the internet, there are endless changes and updates to the actual social network to be more creative, simple, and attractive. Social networking through the internet has revolutionized networking entirely, missing a day of updates and seeing what is going on can leave someone unprepared or disconnected from others and the whole social network.
It is scary how our generation has changed the way we interact. We can interact with the whole world in complete silence-typing away on the computer or watching or reading without physically holding a book or being there. The computer has evolved with a purpose of reliability and a need. We cannot live without a computer. We do work on it, play with it, receive information, and now-the internet has taken us away from direct face to face connection. We can have conversations, relationships, and an interpretation of someone without ever having to meet the person in reality. We can do a countless number of things on the internet, and social networking is one of the most popular.
For the future, I would not be surprised if the only way we interact and do work with people is through some sort of media, technology, or networking. Though this is the path we are gliding on, social networking will never have the same attachment, emotions, and feelings as conversing or spending time with someone in actuality.