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About Social Networks

What are the social networks and how do they work?

Each network consists of nodes, all linked together in cyberspace and central hub. It’s like a map of the roads leading to and from all the different nodes. The individual members to join the network of “nodes” interconnected with each other for the common interests of business, or simply socialize.

 

You might wonder how social networks have begun. As soon as people realized that the World Wide Web took them almost any type of information available, began wondering how to share this information with your friends. Where there is a need to reach a solution. Social networking has emerged because there was no need for it.

For starters, there were two forms of social relationships online. Chat and exchange and linking of e-mail . It was quite good when it comes to one on one communication, but it took an organization linked personal pages to open people to a large number of contacts.

Perhaps one of the greatest advances is the development of user profiles. In this way, friends of people can recognize and connect with them, and new friends can know more about them and decide if they want to tame.

In the past, in small rural communities or neighborhoods where people have formed groups, opportunities for friendship and meeting new people are many. Social networks these days are generally limited to areas that could reasonably be expected to be at your fingertips.

Today, people are moving. Are increasingly isolated in the midst of evolving populations and movement . Keeping in touch with friends and distant relatives? How to know new people? How to share experiences and ideas?

In the privacy of your own social networking site, you can see all the activities and news for your network of friends with minimal effort. To scroll a bit and you know exactly what is happening. You also often able to video chat and web chat.

In general, you also have the choice to grant or to close the visitors to the page. You can also comment news, videos and photos on a website for friends who have granted access to their sites.

The overall assessment is that there are over 200 social networking sites are running, each with its own twist on what they think people want to communicate about.

It seems that there is an increasing tendency to specialize in order to attract people with common interests. For networks, for example, an expert in cooking and gardening and automotive systems, animals and pets and networking for singles in search of new friends, partners or even sex itself.

What people are interested, there are social networks so they can share and express themselves. Many large social networks that meet the general interests of socialization also provide links to specialized sites, such as finding employment, health, or any amount of useful information.

A huge new field of academic research has opened up for social networking. In the old days, many people were just friends in the geographic areas in which they lived close enough together to communicate easily. All this has changed, and a dear friend across the world is only a mouse click.

The constant search to be done, both for sociological reasons and simply for commercial purposes: to gain recognition and attract more users. Deliver what people want always the key to success.

The success is really what some sites have been submitted. Face book units sold in mind incredible amount of money left at least some of the founders of the billionaires.
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Yasir Samad is a head marketing and SEO consultant for
Hilal Technology. Hilal Technology provides a
wide range of SEO and website design services.

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Facebook and Muslims

Western hacks reacting to Muslim sensibilities see a rejection of free expression, but not the oppression of the West, cast in the mould of freedom, writes Ramzy Baroud.

“Any depictions of the prophet are considered blasphemous by Muslims,” readily reported Aljazeera.net English. The above statement is meant to fully summarise the reason behind the outrage that arises in Pakistan and other parts of the Muslim world whenever some provocative “artist” decides to express his freedom of expression and “expose” Muslims as anti-democratic.

Such a simplistic interpretation of such an intricate issue.

There is no denial — and no shame — in the fact that most Muslims hold their prophet in the highest regard. Despite the continued decrease in the number of faithful in increasingly secularised Western societies, Muslims are clinging even tighter to their faith. However, while the outrage over the latest transgression by some Facebook user and his “Everybody Draw Mohamed Day!” may appear as a straightforward news story (that of Western values versus Muslim “narrow-mindedness”) the true underpinnings of the outrage is suspiciously missing.

The naïve depiction by Western media makes it easy for “freedom of expression” enthusiasts to condemn Muslims for yet again failing the democracy test.

The latest Facebook episode is a remake of the same old story. Some ill-intended “artist”, under the guise of freedom of speech, takes on a confrontational mission, knowing fully the response such an act would generate, and perhaps the lives that would be lost. The Muslim masses, predictably, respond through angry protests, burning flags, denouncing America, Israel, Zionism, Facebook, YouTube and so on. Strangely, the very governments that are considered US allies tend to be on the forefront of condemning the “blasphemous” provocations. The Muslim masses are thus exploited on all fronts: by the media, by anti-Muslims, by rightwing forces in the West, and their own governments. (more…)

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Facebook and the Muslim outrage

News agencies wrote: “Any depictions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) are considered blasphemous by Muslims.”

The above statement is meant to fully summarize the reason behind the outrage that arises in Pakistan and other parts of the Muslim world whenever a provocative “artist” decides to express his freedom of expression and “expose” Muslims as anti-democratic.

Such a simplistic interpretation of such an intricate issue.

There is no denial — and no shame — in the fact that most Muslims hold their Prophet (peace be upon him) in the highest regard. Despite the continued decrease in the number of faithful in increasingly secularized Western societies, Muslims are clinging even tighter to their faith. However, while the outrage over the latest transgression by some Facebook users may appear as a straightforward news story — that of Western values versus Muslim narrow-mindedness — the true underpinnings of the outrage are suspiciously missing.

The naïve depiction by the Western media makes it easy for “freedom of expression” enthusiasts to condemn Muslims for yet again failing the democracy test. (more…)

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Facebook ban remains burning issue for all citizens

After the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) banned Facebook in Pakistan, with a permanent ban looming over, users of the social networking website have been asking the same question: Why was such a blasphemous page even launched?

Members of religious groups and students from various organisations have been protesting over the last one-week to register their anger against the shameful act.

“The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is a Jew and this has been done on purpose. It’s not the first time, as previously such blasphemous caricatures have been published in newspapers abroad,” a protesting student, Amna told Daily Times.

She added, “We are ordinary people, we have never intended to harm anyone, yet these people have used a social networking site to hurt the feelings of millions of Muslims, which is totally unacceptable.”

An American cartoonist, Molly Norris from Seattle, drew an irreligious caricature in April to protest against the decision of the US television channel Comedy Central to cancel an episode of the popular show South Park over its blasphemous depiction of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). In her cartoon, Molly satirically proposed May 20 as the day to draw such sketches.

The page quickly turned up on Facebook but Molly, writing on her website, said she had nothing to do with it. The page has been condemned by youngsters, students, the Punjab Union of Journalists, celebrities and musicians alike. They have demanded that the responsible people should apologise for this immoral act.

Decision appreciated: The PTA decision to ban Facebook in Pakistan and its related sites has been appreciated by citizens, but they have made it loud and clear that the people responsible for this act need to apologise.

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said the issue of caricatures had already been raised at the Council for Human Rights, the Organisation of Islamic Conference and the United Nations General Assembly. “Now Facebook is being used to do the same thing and it is not acceptable at any level. We are looking forward to bring like-minded countries together on this issue and form a strategy to seek apology from the responsible people,” he said.

A Muslim solution: However, it’s about time that Muslim computer experts came forward and designed a website similar to Facebook so that millions of Muslim users switch to it, he added.

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FACEBOOK MENACE – MESSAGE FROM MUFTI EBRAHIM DESAI

In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalāmu ῾alaykum wa Rahmatullāhi Wabarakātuh

The issue of Facebook and their latest antics against our Beloved Muhammad sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam has angered and frustrated the Muslim Ummah. The reaction of the Muslim Ummah in the face of such blasphemy is appreciated. This malevolence is not foreign to Islam and the Muslims. During the time of our beloved Muhammad sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam , individuals like Ka’ab Bin Ashraf , Abu Lahab, his wife and others were also guilty of defaming our Prophet sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam. Their fate is known to all.
Our responsibility as Muslims and lovers of our beloved Muhammad sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam is as follows:

1. To delete Facebook accounts and any other media that deems it acceptable to disrespect our beloved Rasoolullah sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam and never to reactivate them again.

2. To inform others of the above as well.

3. Deleting facebook is one form of expressing our love for Rasoolullah sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam . However, objective love of Rasoolullah sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam is to inculcate his teachings in our life.

4. Make dua for guidance of the involved individuals.

لو كان حبك صادقا لأطعت

إن المحب لمن يحب مطيع

Had your love been true, then you would have surely obeyed him

For indeed, a lover is most obedient to his beloved

Let’s prove our obedience!!!

Wassalāmu ῾alaykum

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Dārul Iftā, Madrasah In῾āmiyyah

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Facebook Page Banned by Pakistan Is Back Online

The Facebook page that led the Pakistan government to ban the entire site was back online Saturday, at least for some users, after it was inaccessible for about two days.

The page was removed Thursday after one of the moderators had his e-mail and Skype account hacked into, and his personal data revealed, according to a post on the page on Saturday. The moderator then got scared and deleted the page, a blog, and e-mails, according to the post.

“This is another scare tactic from the Islamic extremists,” the post said. “We won’t fall,” it added. The moderator who removed the page has however backed out, according to the post.

The page had over 108,000 fans and over 11,700 photos posted on Saturday. Though the Facebook users who created the page put it back up Saturday, some users in India were able to access it for only a brief time before their access was once again blocked. Meanwhile access to Facebook as a whole continues to be blocked in Pakistan.

The page “Everybody draw Mohammed Day!” invites users to post caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, which led a court in Pakistan to order the site to be blocked.

There were also a large number of protests on the streets of Pakistan on Wednesday and Thursday, objecting to the page.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday ordered operators to block Facebook on Wednesday until further orders. It also ordered YouTube to be blocked on Thursday for displaying “sacrilegious” content. It said it had also blocked over 450 links on the Internet that contained derogatory material.

“Facebook has not taken any action on this page,” a spokeswoman for the company said earlier on Saturday. The company had said on Thursday that it would not rule out making the content that Pakistan objected to inaccessible to users in Pakistan.

When dealing with user-generated content on global Web sites, there are occasions where content that is illegal in one country is not, or may even be protected, in another, Facebook said on Thursday. Most companies, including Facebook, approach this issue by preventing certain content from being shown to users in the countries where it is illegal, it added.

The PTA has said it would welcome contact from Facebook and YouTube to resolve the issue.

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Hazrat Mufti Taqi Usmani urges Muslims to boycott Facebook completely

Friday 21 May, 2010

Hazrat Maulana Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab Damatbarakatuhum has delivered an extremely important Bayan In view of the current controversy regarding the Blasphemous Facebook Page. Kindly Listen to the complete Bayan and Forward it to as many People as Possible

Please Spread this Message to your Friends so that we can collectively register our peacefull protest against Facebook and show our Love for our Noble Prophet (SAW)

Tafseer Surah Humaza – II (Naamoos e Risalat – Boycott Facebook)(Download)
Friday 21 May, 2010 – Bayan before Namaz e Juma at Jamia Masjid Bait Ul Mukarram by Hazrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Sahab Damatbarakatuhum

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In a nutshell / Remember, Facebook users, nobody has 1,000 friends

TUESDAY was “Quit Facebook” day around the world but especially in Canada. The attempt to scuttle the famous — or infamous — social networking site was, after all, the initiative of two Canadians. Why they became so determined to do in Facebook is not entirely clear, at least to anyone who doesn’t actually use it or any of the other social networking sites — people like myself.

The phrase social networking, in fact, seems to be a bit of an oxymoron. The more addicted to sites like Facebook people become, often the less social they actually are. They may have a thousand Facebook friends but no one to talk to outside of the web. As one faithful Facebook aficionado lamented recently, she had been trying to find someone to talk to for 45 minutes without any luck. This must mean, she concluded, that she had no friends, and she may well have been right. Talking through the ether seems to me to be not much more friendly than passing gas in a crowded elevator.

But none of that seems to be the reason for Quit Facebook day. Its users don’t seem to mind that, for the most part, it is not much more than one huge, collective intellectual fart where people tell total strangers what they had for dinner and what colour underwear they were wearing while they ate.

There are serious issues surrounding Facebook and similar social networks. In Pakistan, Facebook was banned recently because a user urged others to post cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which to Muslims is blasphemy. A Pakistani court this week overturned that ban, saying the government could not limit freedom of speech and then went on to say that freedom did not include contradicting Islam. Facebook has had trouble in other countries as well — its only merit, as nearly as this low-tech Luddite can figure out — is that it is a conduit for free speech, no matter how fatuous most of that speech might be.

Rather, the reason that quitting Facebook was the talk of Twitter this week appears to be the company’s questionable collection of personal and private information from its users that it then sells to anyone who pays. Even that knowledge wasn’t enough to make Facebook users quit on Tuesday — the company won’t say how many did, but the estimate is about 40,000 pledges out 400 million users — and, with the threat of American legislation hanging over its head, Facebook has announced that it is tightening its privacy controls. That’s a step in the right direction, both for Facebook and for keeping government regulators out of the Internet, but it remains a jungle. Go ahead, talk your face off on the Internet if you want, but before you tell the world what you really did last night, give your life a reality check. No one has 1,000 friends.

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MUI rules out fatwa against Facebook over cartoon

Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 05/21/2010 10:35 AM | Headlines

The Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) on Thursday reserved all fiery comments when thousands of Facebook users across the globe uploaded images of the Prophet Muhammad on the popular social networking site.

MUI chairman Amidhan said the clerics would not issue an edict banning Facebook, which has millions of users and is ranked the top website by Alexa in the world’s most populous Muslim country.

“Facebook is only a tool. It’s neutral,” he told The Jakarta Post.  “But the government must be able to shut down the web page hosting the Prophet drawing competition.”

As of Thursday afternoon, the Facebook page “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” had been tagged by 77,946 people who “like” it.

More than 6,000 pictures have been uploaded, mostly using a cropped image drawn by a Danish cartoonist that sparked violent protests in 2006. Some of the uploaded images are considered offensive and disturbing enough to draw the ire of even moderate Muslims.

The page was created by Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris in support of the creators of satirical TV show South Park, who received death threats from militant Islamists for depicting Muhammad in one of the cartoon’s episodes. Muslims believe their prophet, a strict monotheist, had ordered them not to make any icons of him to prevent idol worship.

The government has sent a letter to Facebook asking it to shut the page, which remained accessible as of Thursday night. Facebook said Wednesday it was investigating the controversial page, The Associated Press reported.

“While the content does not violate our terms, we do understand it may not be legal in some countries,” the company said in a statement. “In cases like this, the approach is sometimes to restrict certain content from being shown in specific countries.”

Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin called on Muslims to remain calm and not be provoked by what he said appears to be the biggest online movement to anger Muslims, even moderate ones.

“This is a deliberate provocation. Muslims should control themselves. We should not be emotional and angry as this provocation will go on incessantly,” Din said.   (more…)

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Pakistan blocks 800 web pages

In Karachi, religious parties mobilised hundreds of protesters onto the streets to demand a ban on Facebook

Pakistan has blocked 800 web pages and URLs to limit access to “blasphemous” material, extending a crackdown that has already banned access to Facebook and YouTube, an official said Saturday.

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) banned access to Facebook, YouTube and other links, which included restricted access to Wikipedia, in view of what it called “growing sacrilegious content” this week.

“At least 800 individual web pages and URLs have been blocked since the government’s orders to shut Facebook and YouTube,” Wahaj us Siraj, a spokesman for the Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan told AFP.

Siraj’s remarks came hours after the Facebook user, who organised an “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day” competition to promote “freedom of expression”, evidently took down the page along with a separate blog about the campaign.

The competition sparked angry protests in Pakistan, a conservative Muslim country of 170 million, although members of a well-educated, moderate elite expressed disappointment on the blanket ban on the wildly popular websites.

Islam strictly prohibits the depiction of any prophet as blasphemous and Muslims all over the world staged angry protests over the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers in 2006.

Siraj said that any decision to restore Facebook and YouTube access would be taken by the PTA.

The offending Facebook page attracted 105,000 fans – and five pages of crude manipulated pictures and caricatures. Pages denouncing the competition and calling for a boycott of the May 20 competition attracted far more fans.

PTA spokesman Khurram Mehran told AFP on Saturday that the authority would lift the ban only after receiving instructions from the government.

“We are just an implementing authority and we have to act on the orders from the government,” Mehran said.

Pakistan also briefly banned YouTube in February 2008 in a similar protest against “blasphemous” cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

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