Social Networking and Social Altruism
A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as values, visions, idea, financial exchange, friends, kinship, dislike, conflict, trade, web links, relations, disease transmission (epidemiology), or airline routes. The resulting structures are often very complex.
Social network analysis views social relationships in terms of nodes and ties. Nodes are the individual actors within the networks, and ties are the relationships between the actors. There can be many kinds of ties between the nodes. Research in a number of academic fields has shown that social networks operate on many levels, from families up to the level of nations, and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals succeed in achieving their goals.
The Social Networking concept now known as Social Media has been around for thousands of years. It intrinsically has the most powerful form of marketing known to mankind built right into its core, that being the referral marketing model for building critical mass quickly. Social networking has application for just about every business or group that uses the Internet. Social networking has been a critical factor in everything from various affinity interests groups to recent and past Presidential Elections. Currently, it is the hottest topic on the Internet, news media and frequently a cover story on magazines like Business Week. Today, there are over 1.25 billion Internet users and approximately ONLY one-quarter of them regularly use social networking sites.
I have been told that I have been blessed with the God given ability to see the unseen, otherwise known as Vision! Over 10 years ago, I personally acquired the brand Social.net for the purposes of building a next generation Social Network. This acquisition was done before MySpace, FaceBook, Google, etc. even existed! I “saw” Social.net as an opportunity to have the best possible intrinsically branded domain for the Social Networking Media space. Today, while I don't have ownership, I still have access to this brand / domain for use or licensing.
The use of the Internet and Social Networking combined with the Social.net brand can really make a difference to our society. I feel it is time we use these resources for making that long-term positive difference in our Society for a legacy of generations to follow.
It is my passion to build a Social Network specifically for Social Good in the brand Social.net. I have a model based on the Seven Mountain Strategy for accomplishing such.
