While many internet users go online daily in order to make money, many internet users go online just to have fun. Among such people are many children, who go online for many reasons, including the reason to experience the internet phenomenon and also to have fun. Because of the continued increase of young users on sites like Facebook and MySpace, many people are starting to question the idea of such sites monitoring children’s activities in order to protect those children.

Today we ask what may be one of the most personal questions of your or other people’s life: How should the online activities of your children by monitored by social media sites?

Benefits of Social Media monitoring children’s online activities

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All of us here at SM Notes take these “polls of convenience”  with some seriousness becasue – well you are telling us what is happening out there.  Our very first poll asked the age old question –> “Is Facebook Chat the best instant messaging service?” Read the rest of this entry

Facebook Chat allows you to send instant messages to any of your Facebook friends who are online. Every Facebook user has the chat feature enabled by default, resulting in immediate access to all of your Facebook contacts.

Today, SM Notes asks you the elemental question: Do you think Facebook Chat will become the best instant messenger online? Read the rest of this entry

Social media has transformed many aspects of business communications using such tools as podcasting, video casting, online communities, and blogging. Using online distribution services and social media communities like Facebook, BeBo, Hi5, etc., the standard one-page press release of yesterday has become a more powerful tool than ever. Read the rest of this entry