Friending

" F r i e n d i n g "


**__//What is it?//__  ** The act of sending a friend request or "be-friending" someone typically on a social network such as myspace, facebook, twitter, bebo, etc. in order to be on their personal "friends list". Friending someone gives them permission to view your personal site. It also gives them permission to send you messages. Friending, it's pretty much self-explanatory, it means you become their friend. [|Definition of Friending] [|Urban Dictionary Definition]

** __//How does it work?//__  ** 

**In order to be-friend someone you go to the person's page and hit a link that is generally labeled as "Add as Friend" or "Send a Request". If not, there should be a similar link that is relevant to requesting friendship to a person. In addition to sending a request, you can receive requests, as well. Most websites would have you choose whether you would like to accept, reject, block a person or other options along those lines.** = = **  __//Why would anyone want to do this?//__ **  You want more friends right? Social Networks offer ways on keeping in touch with friends or family you don't see or talk to everyday or even your formal classmates, that's why "friending" is important because it's a part of communication over the world wide web. "Friending" the people you know sometimes gives you access to the private and "friend-locked" parts of their page, so you get special access to get to know details about someone. [|Source]  This topic relates to // Social Networking // <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%; vertical-align: super;">, "friending" is the step to starting a group of social networking groups for example: friend requesting your friends at school on Facebook is the first step of having your own personal social networking space. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">Anyone that has a profile on a social networking site is a participant in "friending". You shouldn't be surprised your classmates all have a myspace, facebook, twitter, and any other type of on-line social network. You might even find your parents, aunts, and uncles on facebook. Majority of celebrities have social networking sites in order to personally connect with their fans and promote their latest work. Alumni from different schools and even workers from many companies use "friending" to find people that are affiliated with them. "Friending" is also an excellent way to keep in touch with old classmates and friends over social networks. You could also have casual conversations if both parties are online. Teenagers use "friending" to find each other online and to keep in touch with everyone they know.
 * <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;"> <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">__//Who uses it?//__ **

= __// When was the term or concept invented? //__ = = The term "friending" was derived from the word "friendship". There is no exact year or time it was invented. The best guess for this question is that this word evolved around the same time social networks were exposed to the world to use which were the 1990's - one source says 1995 while the other says 1997. =  [|1995] [|1997] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 160%;"> Where are there resources on the web?//__** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Myspace: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> Facebook: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; line-height: 23px;"> <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Twitter: My Yearbook:
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 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Allows you to send messages, comments, picture comments, App. Invites, etc.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Page becomes public and you can view their page, listen to their music, etc.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Able to send videos, messages, comments or posts on their wall.