Thing #18 Social Networks

Social Networks are the tools of certain generations to communicate and validate their social postions with peer groups.
Some people communicate in person, some by phone - some write letters and some blog - depending on communication style and what needs to be accomplished.
There is a great power to do good in social networks - unite people politically from great distances - create commonalities. There is also the opportunity to do destructive things - bully and threaten people.
Like so many other aspects of our society, social newtworks can be used for the good or for the bad.