Social Networking Sites

I think the papers we read today mostly confirmed what we already know: people who have are social offline take those connections online and are social online as well. The internet acts as a communication device to help people keep in touch in today's increasingly mobile world and increases weaker links. It may help people who who have problems with social cues etc. I am not surprised either that there is some fudging in the online dating world. Basically there appears to be consensus about the research on social capital and online interaction. What that means perhaps is that power structures may simply remain the same regardless of the existence of the internet. Power structures depend heavily on linkages and networking with people in powerful positions.