Top 5 Social Networking Sites For Students

socialnetwworkingGoogling for Social networking site for students gets you the reigning social media, Facebook. It's no surprise that 85% of students in universities own a Facebook profile. MySpace also grabs a fair share of social networking students. Even if these sites offer no serious stuff for aspiring students it's the fun quotient that creating all the hoopla. Well, that reminds me the other half of a typical proverb all play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. For those serious students looking for social platform to guide their careers we have a list of top 5 social networking sites for students.

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Top 10 Not So Popular social networking sites in 2009

social-networkThere's a second tier of social networking site right below the top ones, MySpace, Facebook and Blogger. There's a bunch of these sites with growing sign ups like Imeem, Tagged, Multiply. They don't share a significant proportion of membership when compared to the big names like Myspace, but play the second-fiddle with a restricted aficionados who love to look beyond the usual. Moreover these sites are not just about meeting people, they have indirectly turned into marketing sites for affiliations and product promotions. There are a number of these sites that you are yet to explore.  Let me acquaint you with the top 10 not so popular networking sites in 2009.

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How Social Networking Sites Can Get You Fired and Why?

I will start with the story straight up.

Kimberley Swann, a 16-year-old girl from Clacton-On-Sea in Essex, began working as an office administrator for Ivell Marketing & Logistics at the beginning of February. She began posting short comments about her job on her Facebook profile, such as "first day at work. omg!! So dull!!", "all i do is shred holepunch n scan paper!!! omg!" and "'im so totally bord!!!"  What Swann didn't realize is that her employer, Stephen Ivell, found her comments when he presumably discovered and accessed her profile. On Feb. 27, Ivell called Swann into his office and fired her on the spot. Ivell handed her a letter which said, "Following your comments made on Facebook about your job and the company we feel it is better that, as you are not happy and do not enjoy your work, we end your employment with Ivell Marketing & Logistics with immediate effect."

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