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In recent months there has been much debate and discussion on the current policy of social networking sites MySpace and Facebook, where images of mothers breastfeeding your child be removed from the pages of the users in the context that violates the Terms of Use cons ad sites "porn" or "obscene" content. Without But there is another interesting question, in the long run that this debate has brought to light about these types of web sites and how we define the balance between the number end user of a social networking site to communicate and share the rights and responsibilities of owners / managers of these community sites online. As is well known why people are users / members of these social networking sites, I will start looking at the situation from the point of view of companies or organizations that own of these Web 2.0 companies.
For starters, there is no doubt that owners / managers of these community sites online, it is their prerogative to decide not only what content can be shared on your site, but also the type of users that allow access a. These guidelines or standards, often described in terms of service contract site, are intended to serve as a filter to help the site owner to build the online community, hoping to attract and develop in their field. But whenever such rules or regulations are intended to define the nature and composition of the members of the site, the ultimate goal of social networking sites is that as accessible as and attractive as many users as possible, thereby encouraging users of its heterogeneity of site interaction and communication.
Now, there is no doubt both Facebook and MySpace are not considered "special places" or social networking sites that cater exclusively to people who share a common culture standards or values, beliefs, structure. And yet, reading many of the statements made by Facebook and MySpace in its policy of removing the images of mothers who breastfeed their babies in their respective sites, shows that in fact there are cultural norms used to determine which types of interaction and exchange will be allowed at these sites, rules that not only are not synchronized with most of the world, but those who are not aligned with the majority of state / provincial and federal laws public about breastfeeding. As such, it becomes a little harder to see, no two social networking sites to be the best solution to meeting society American who agrees that women can reveal parts of the breast to the excitement, not because they provide sustenance for their children.
In the "world real "social interaction between people is affected by culture / social norms of the society they are part and as such" real world "interactions are often limited by geographical proximity, there is a strong likelihood that both sides many of these norms and values in common. With the creation of the Internet, but now people can interact with others over long distances and cultural and social differences that are visible in the "real world" are less obvious. However, This does not mean that these differences do not exist or does not reflect the way people communicate over the Internet. Although this difference in culture / social norms may have been made years less obvious that these social networking sites still emerging "technology", given the greater sense of comfort and ease end users use these sites, it is likely that the debate on the importance of breastfeeding pictures on social networking sites office is only the tip of the iceberg.
Although Facebook and MySpace have been successful to date in the creation of a member of the dynamic, diverse, the fact that these sites they consider something to be "offensive" that most of the world's cultures and societies considered perfectly natural means that the needs of re-evaluation of how their site works. Perhaps Instead of a generic site, these regional geographic should create a better and reflect the standards and cultural norms of the population in various parts of the world for members of these online communities will not be subject to the exchange of information and ideas are regulated on the basis of a specific area of social / Cultural norms. For now, MySpace is actually being tested in more than 20 different beta versions specific to each country to its site, but may be more a result to lose out to Facebook in 2008 among international users of these social networking sites recognition that understanding the broader social and moral values is required for these sites outside of the threat to the basic physical geography.
However, the debate on the elimination of images of nursing mothers of these two social networking sites has highlighted the fact that these types of sites in the online community should adapt to new measures to ensure that not only preserved its global presence on the Internet, but also remain relevant for many Internet users by not limiting its interpretation of acceptable behavior for a narrow view of culture as is the case now.
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