Week 7 - Thing 15

3. Create a blog post about one of the following: Should VBPL use a social networking site to connect with teens? or Social networking sites are really about ...?

Oh my. You can't give me an open topic like this mrs. virtual librarian! You can't! Wait, well this is MY blog. This is supposed to be used to talk about my thoughts and feelings on assorted topics....this just happens to be one of them....

Let's start with the first question: Should VBPL use a social networking site to connect with teens? The answer is: No. Why? Well firstly, who would be the one to create this networking site? An adult. Now, I am not saying that all adults cannot connect with teens. What I am saying is that most adults, although they might believe they are internet saavy, and have the knowledge of what teens are into now-a-days, are quite wrong in going about it. Now if VBPL were to stubbornly make a site, well I would recommend that one of the teen groups within the branches makes the site, with the supervision of their sponsor. That way you would have teen talking to teens. Not an adult talking to teens because in the end, most teens are not going to listen.

Secondly, social networking sites currently are full of well, odd people. People that really have no lives, or are just sex deprived looking for an easy hook-up. Oh, and spammers. On this subject, does VBPL want these sort of people looking at teens that may be on these sites and may by the off chance find them through a site created by the system? Shouldn't we look at it and kind of keep off what is right now, a very borderline topic for most people? I mean, look at the show Dateline: To catch a Sex Predator.

Now to get to the real question: Social networking sites are really about....?

Social networking sites are really about people finding other people. Easy put. Now what are they really used for? Well for the older crowd its almost like a dating site. For the younger crowd its used to know whats going on as well as spread rumors about others. Its like the newest form of a slam book.

Maybe I am biased. I probably am. I loathe myspace, yet I love it. The same goes for facebook. Meh...what can i do. And now. I leave you with this little ditti.