Why do people come to social networking sites?

Initailly the social networking began with the idea of a few friend chatting on the net. Gradually it became place to meet new people. Gradually, when some celebrities and senior executives also started using it to easily connect with others, the whole thing has become a fashion, then it became forum for promoting ones own profile, ideas etc.

As time passed, social networking shaping according to the needs of all types of individuals and hence it graduated from luxury to a need.

Today people use Social networking for almost everything though the top of the list being meeting new people and finding new opportunities. It is also widely used as sounding board, discussion forum and a place to find views on issues faced by the society today

I think this drives Social networking the most the curiosity part to know about other people's lives and self-expression which inturn drives millions of people to online networking sites.

Curiosity to know about other people's lives and self-expression with updating one's knowledge by getting insights from like minded people is driving millions of people to online networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and many others which are out there.

Networking is the best gift of internet. Social networking sites give us a platform for this. Why we network ? To know others, get their views, to express mine and thus be-friend like minded people. This acts as a stress-burner, removes lonelyness and creates a 'feel-good' atmosphere.

People are not satisfied just to read the Morning Newspaper and carry on with their lives.They feel that if they have an opinion regarding a subject concerning them then it should be only proper that they should be heard.Social networking sites are the perfect platform that provides an instant access both to an audience,and to opinions of like minded people as well as to support from others for one`s opinion.I feel that over the next decade,opinions expressed in Social Networking sites are going to gain increasing relevance in any functional democracy.

It is a losing of privacy in my opinion

the header says it all .moreover , going by the way, social networking sites are monetising there applications is next big revenue model that will attract various interest groups and such platform will prove to be hub for businesses to cash on curiosity of users and also to innovate on there product stratgy ,for instance gifting virtual  RAY BAN or  FASTTRACK glasses to members on nominal cost ,buy ur friend a macdonald burger or chocllates .its upto brands to  think there way to encash such platform .

i found a lot of my old friends through orkut,and now i keep a track of all their activities and share comments and all other such things

i was unable to keep in touch wit all my friends simultaneously,which has now become too easy for me,sharing of photo's and lot of other things has become too easy for me now

It saves time. In our busy lives, making time to schedule face to face meetings doesn't fit into our schedules. We can "catch up with one another" as time permit.

As emails, addresses and cell phone numbers change throughout your life, you always have a constant place to reach someone so social networking sites are place u can be in constant touch with your near ones and dear ones..

So many of us are glued to our computer monitors for most of the day. Being human, we do need to interact socially. Social networking sites come in here: they provide a virtual means for human interactions that is so important for life satisfaction. By accessing them for some time we try to kill boredom and fatigue in our working lives. 

Seriously , the first thing that comes is  the request from friends to join their network of friends. And once you are there , friends of friends of friends keep adding you as their friend and your network keeps growing . rest is history .