Sunday, December 17, 2006

Actuality of Social Networks




Social networking is a hot topic. Ordinary Internet users take advantage of networks when they turn to well-known websites like MySpace and Friendster to link up with other people. But more serious interest in social networks can be found among academics, consultants and corporations seeking to deepen their knowledge of how companies operate; how employees and board members interact; how key employees can be identified; and how relationships can be better understood to improve productivity and the dissemination of ideas.

Technically, social network research is an offshoot of graph theory in mathematics. Graphs -- a set of dots connected by links -- are used to map relationships. At its most basic, research on social networks underscores the veracity of some of the truisms one hears all the time: "It's a small world." "It's not what you know, it's who you know." "Birds of a feather flock together."

List French social networks
- 6nergies.net
- Convillial.com
- OpenBC.com
- Viaduc.com
- Rezonance.ch
- Parano.be
- Dotnode.com
- Facebox.com
- Peuplade.fr
- fr.MySpace.com
- Wat.tv
- Vox.com
- Bahut.com

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