BleepingComputer.com: social network

I am sort of dumb on computers. I don’t understand the definition of social network. Can anyone give me an easy-to-understand definition of “social network” and tell me the distinction between “social network” and “ordinary network”? Thank you very much. Murrar

A Network is more then one computer connected together and communicating

A Social Network is more then one person connected together communicating

Under your definition of “social network” then why can’t you call e-mail or “instant messaging” communication a social network? Murrar

Murrar, on 24 November 2010 - 05:35 AM, said:

Social Network as i stated is more then one person connected and communicating

people communicate by many methods and can be connected by even more

Eg you are a member of you local football club this would then make the football club a social network. you are a member of a family this would be a social network.

If you are trying to define why face book is called a social network it is because you are a member of face book

The common factor of all 3 of these is you communicate with other people and share information which means it is a network

I don't know what he thinks "ordinary networks" is supposed to mean.