The Growth of Mobile Social Networking Applications by Tony Knapp

With the simplicity of connectivity on cell phones, online social communities are becoming extremely popular. Facebook, Twitter and MySpace understand that the quicker it is for their users to stay connected throughout the day, the more interesting they will find their online social community.

These online social sites have partnered together with mobile phone carriers to ensure that their platforms work properly across all web-ready phones and actively advertise how simple it is to stay connected to various online communities directly from mobile devices.

Online social communities are reaching a broader audience. Some schools are allowing their community to {create|develop|use[/spin private groups on networking sites that allow students to get help from each other on homework assignments. Schools are also realizing that social networking communities are a great way to stay in touch with the activities of alumnus as they leave the school. Being able to quickly post comments and upload photos with a mobile device is becoming very popular as more students try to take advantage of these groups.

In addition to traditional schools, the home schooling community is also discovering social networking communities a great way to not only keep in touch but to help each other with ideas, lesson plans and problem solving discussions. Again, being able to update these communities with a mobile device makes it simple to keep these connections current.

Those that work from home and stay at home moms have also realized online social communities are a way to share ideas and stay connected. Families that have relatives spread throughout the world can use online communities to share experiences and photos almost immediately since, as long as you have your mobile device with you, you can easily post a note and a photograph without having to wait until you get back home and have time in front of the computer. Grandparents will love this!

Mobile social networking communities that have only mobile applications, in some ways, have an advantage over the larger web based sites since they do not have the expense of a web site. These mobile applications have viral growth as users share the word about their service.

Technology continues to make mobile social networking easier and less limiting. All of the features available on the computer will be offered on mobile devices, from photo editing to video, even word processing. As these advanced cell phones become more affordable, more consumers will be able to take advantage of these mobile applications. Even old cell phones with web connectivity will be able to use enough of the basic tools to keep active with all of the social communities the user chooses.

The simpler an application is to access and use, the broader the user base is going to be. As Facebook, with a user base nearly as large as the population of the United States, would surely agree, the more users the social community has, the more valuable it will be to each individual user. Members are sure to find friends and groups within the community that relate to them, and that will keep them returning.

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