With new social networking sites arriving on the Internet scene in what seems daily, the major ones  such as Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, all seem to be making this small world a little bit smaller. It used to be that when you left an area or moved away from an old home you could still write letters, the occasional phone call or even an email every now and then. Now though with these sites and their ability to keep people in contact from across the world, people have been connecting more and more with their old friends and contacts.

Especially with the new addition of “Your friends know this person so maybe you do to…” at least on Facebook, the ability to branch out your own personal network increases tenfold. Apply this a few times and you can go from getting to know your friend from Spain for example. The site says that he/she knows this person in Madrid, and you drop them an email asking about the city. Eventually after a few conversations you become aquainted and you now know someone in another country and can branch even further from there. Add on top of that the immense size of groups that you can join to find like minded people from around the world on this one site, the world definately seems to be a bit smaller.

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