Introduction:

Social networking has rapidly grown to be one of the most widely used Internet social interaction and communication tools online. Although online communities and public social interactions have been around for quite some time now, the rate at which social networks have developed in the last few years is phenomenal. Today, a large number of online communities participate in some form of social networking.

Whether it is Facebook, MySpace or Twitter, social networking has proved a popular method of online interaction and communication with participation from a wide group of individuals.