Social networking has come a long way since the introduction of numerous social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook in the early 2000s. Nowadays it is almost certain that any application that involves online interactions may be linked to a social networking site. Social networking has reached a new level; almost all web applications are required or will recommend their users to link application profiles to social network profiles. Because social networking sites and social media contain the personal information of their users, social media users are constantly connected in their dense communities on the web. Social media participants are updated and connected to information shared on the web. But while social media can strengthen connections between people, online interactions can also damage relationships. The progressively increasing amount of time spent on online networks can affect people psychologically and; as a result, the transition to a new era of social interactions is slowly transforming the way people interact with each other. In addition to the developing problems with social media users' interactions, there is also the concern about the privacy of the common social media user. By updating and maintaining a personal profile online, social network users view their personal information on the Internet, which is, according to WordNet, a lexical database designed by Princeton University, "...a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks…” (WordNet). In addition to being connected to a community of friends and family, social network users are connected to other Internet users around the world, possibly allowing interactions with some strangers. .. middle of paper ......d Technology, 62. April 26, 2011. 1435-1445. Network. February 20, 2014. Boyd, Danah. “Why Youth Heart Social Networking Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in the Social Lives of Adolescents.” . December 2007. Network. 25 February 2014Drula, Georgeta. "Knowledge sharing within social sites network". Lex ET Scientia, December 16, 2009. 463-473. Network. February 20, 2014.Lardner, Richard. “Your new Facebook 'friend' could be the FBI.” AP.org. Associated Press, March 16, 2010. Web. February 20, 2014. Lee, Daniel B., Jessica Goede, and Rebecca Shryock. “Clicking for Friendship: Social Networking Sites and the Medium of Personality.” SMID, 26. 2010. Web. 20 February 2014. Robards, Brady. “Randomness in My Bedroom: Negotiating Privacy and Unsolicited Contact on Social Networking Sites.” Ed. Erika Pearson. PRism Online PR Journal, 7. 2010. 1-12. Network. February 20 2014.