Social networking.. a bit too enhanced?

Throughout the recent years there has been a major change in social networking. Many social networking sites have been either abandoned or enhanced in many ways. Although social networking is very popular and somehow an entertaining hobby of some sort, it has also been very dangerous in various ways. Social networking does have its negatives and positives. In 1997, SixDegrees.com was launched, it was the first social networking site in New York City that allowed people to stay in contact using personal profiles. Following after the launching of SixDegrees many other social networks become known such as, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged, Myspace, Sconex, Blogger, Facebook, Twitter and etc. As a young adult I often use these social networking sites, during my high school years Sconex and Hi5 were one of the most popular social networking sites. Sconex is no longer available for use, but it was once a very popular social network used for high school students to keep in touch with their classmates and friends. Another popular site was Myspace. Myspace is rarely used in 2010 but it was the number one site for almost anyone. It can be used for high school, employees, college students, musicians, and etc. Myspace did however have its negative consequences. Many people of various ages were ridiculed, raped or killed by meeting random people, either being stalked or arranging "killer dates." Although there were many issues regarding social networking, people continued to use these sites.
In 2004 Facebook was established. It started as a student only based website but eventually began its way acoss the globe and expanded into a general social networking site. Facebook has been popular for many years but Twitter is now seen as a threat to other social sites.
From the starting of SixDegrees up to the social networking sites of 2010, these sites has enhanced with their technology. Many new sites such as Google Buzz and etc, are allowing locations to be shared. In my opinion, i dislike the new technology change and there have been rumors about Facebook may soon be having the same feature. Although many people will really enjoy this new feature it can also be a very negative add-on. Negative people will use this oppurtunity for wrong doings and the location feature can possibly become an issue. I really believe that many people do however take these "Social Sites," a bit too seriously which can be the main possible issue. These sites are mainly to reconnect with family and friends and not to meet people and possibly kill them. Even if all of these problems were to continuously occur social networking will always remain, enhance and expand.