By Marjorie Gorospe
INQUIRER.net

SOCIAL networking websites are now venues for people to widen their connections and to reconnect with friends. For some, social networks can help build self-esteem and even make extroverts out of introverts through pictures and blogs.

Social networks have given us the freedom to create our own network of friends. We can create our own profiles, post pictures and connect with friends that have been away or are elsewhere.

I am one of millions of people worldwide who enjoy the freedom given by social networks. During my college years, Friendster has been my way of updating friends about me. For the passed four years, I enjoyed using it until I found that there were three other false accounts in Friendster using my name.

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By Izah Morales
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines – For the past few days, subscribers to the online social network Friendster were complaining about having unknown people in their friends’ list.

It happened right after the website announced that it was undergoing maintenance.
In a recent blog entry, Friendster explained that the power outage in their outsourced data center in Santa Clara, California caused the downtime.

Friendster said its servers are located in Santa Clara, California along with other 50 companies.

Friendster said it was not the only company that experienced the unscheduled downtime.

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