Social Networking Sites
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This category describes some of the major social networking sites that are valuable sources of information for investigators.
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You Tube
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YouTube
(youtube.com)
Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.
Everyone can watch videos on YouTube. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual.
YouTube can be a good source of information and a vehicle to obtain photographs. You Tube Video Downloader - Free Software
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My Space
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MySpace.Com
(www.myspace.com)
MySpace is a free website designed primarily for social-networking. It allows users to set up their own profile pages, which can include lists of their favorite musicians, books and movies, photos of themselves and others and links to pages within and outside the MySpace environment.
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Facebook.Com
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Facebook
www.facebook.com
Users: 18 million
Ages: 14 – 25
Facebook began in 2004 as a social networking site for college students. According to media reports, 85% of college students have a Facebook account. In 2005, Facebook became available to high school students, as well as to college students. Today, similar to MySpace, Facebook is open to anyone with a valid e-mail address. Facebook members use the site for networking, sharing pictures, dating, and sending messages to their "friends". Over 6 million photos are uploaded to Facebook each day.
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You Tube Video Downloader
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You Tube Video Downloader - Free Software
Click on this link to download the latest copy of "You Tube Video Downloader". Use this resource to instantly download and save "You Tube" videos for later viewing and editing. Click here to begin!
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Twitter
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Twitter
(twitter.com)
Users: 1 million
Ages: 16 – 35
Background Information:
Twitter is a social networking and micro-bloggingservice that allows users to send "updates" (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via SMS, instant messaging, email and the Twitter Web site.
Users typically post several messages a day, usually about mundane tasks and activities. Some Twitter users post messages about meetings times and places.
“Friends” and “followers” can receive a text message, e-mail, or instant message every time a Twitter user posts a new message. According to Twitter, the number of users and messages have been doubling every three weeks during recent periods. Twitter could be used to quickly contact hundreds of people by sending just one text message.
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