Internet is meant for providing information and social networking sites help us in maintaining relationships that is being in touch with our friends and relatives. that may be myspace, facebook, orkut, twitter and anyother website. but the main aim of social networking is  making friends. 

      The first generation social networking website that is in 1994 - 95 are the Globe, Geocitis, tripad are famous. But in 2003 social netwokring was in boon started with my space. This was the popular website in America at that time. The politician and actors of america also used to participate in myspace. After that Mark Zuckerberg have introduced facebook website to world. In earlier this facebook website is permited for only American university. slowly facebook became popular then it became world famous social netowrking site. At present there are 50 crores and more of people have account in this facebook website. that means 12 divisions of world population are facebook users. If we consider facebook as a country then after china and India, country with more population will be facebook only. coming to our country , after facebook , orkut is popular. In present youth, they are no one who does not have account in orkut.

     Social networking websites are not only for chit chating. they can be used for good purpose also. Teachers and students meet in ' Teach street site'. Doubts, answers and programs all are done at online itself. Same kind of paitents can meet and share their problem at 'patient line me' website. People who want to donate can meet at datruth website. So like this same interest people can meet and share their opinons. This was became popular with in 10 years. All these sites come under social networking sites and these are in 1000's of numbers.

     Now a days actors and politicians are writing their messages in social networking websites like twitter, facebook etc. This is a best way for them to be available for their fans. In earlier, if they want to tell any thing about their person life rumours then they need to concern media only . but now they got a provision to tell through their messages by social networking sites. We can say this as a technical knowledge and opportunity for celebrities. some actors are maintaining their accounts in facebook very secretly. They are giving small messages in twitter.

    After the generation of writing letters, there is no such concept of writing have come. But communication through phone was came into existance. But that is not much satisfied by people. As reading letters and words gave alot of effect on human mind, so social networking, chatrooms have given good practice to people.so internet and social networking have become popular.