- LinkedIn is an online professional networking site, much like Facebook or MySpace, except that it’s for connecting with classmates and colleagues to create networks that may be helpful in, among other things, finding job opportunities. The site boasts more than 300 million members (as of 2014) and claims to be the world’s largest professional network on the Internet. What made LinkedIn the largest professional network site? Since it is already the largest, does that mean LinkedIn will always be the largest? Why or why not?
- The use of social media is being tracked by Amazon, Google, and other internet services.
Why are social media companies “racing to map the world”?
Why is it especially useful for internet providers to access data documenting where you go?
- In today’s market, a business is nothing without an accompanying Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram account – right? Consider how you, as an employee, engage in social media with your own company. How do you handle the pitfalls of “liking” your company yet trying to keep your private life private?