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= Madeline and Samantha = = = 1. When was your social networking site or technology created? Text messaging was created in the 1990s. -Madeline 2. Who is credited with creating your social networking site or technology? Riku Pihkonen of Nokia was the first person to send a person to person SMS technology text message in the 1990s in Finland. -Samantha 3. How do most people use your social networking site or technology? It is mainly used through mainly mobile phone users ( to substitute for voicemail or messages.) -Madeline 4. What are some of the benefits of using your social networking site or technology? It keeps people updated about anything and is easy since it is a portable device. -Madeline 5. What are some of the drawbacks of using your social networking site or technology? Some of the disadvantages are that sometimes people do not receive all of their in coming messages. Another disadvantage is that a person's inbox can get too full and that person will not be able to send a text message until some are deleted from their inbox. -Madeline 6. How can users of your social networking site or technology control what other users see or find about them? Well one of the advantages of text messaging was that you would be able to communicate with other people privately through SMS text through your cellular device. -Madeline 7. What are some of the controversies surrounding your social networking site or technology? One controversie of texting is to ban texting while driving. It is incredibly dangerous and it puts other people's lives in danger who are also driving. -Samantha 8. Has your social networking site or technology been in the news in the past year, if so what happened and why was it news? Yes, a young 18 year-old girl was driving and distracted by texting and quickly crashing into a man on a motorcycle. Leaving her in court fighting not to get sentenced for life in jail. -Samantha 9. What was the original purpose of your social networking site or technology? It was originally created for deaf people so they could communicate with the common people. -Samantha 10. How are high schools, colleges and/or universities using your social networking site or technology? The deaf and hearing in college have improved their communication to the common people by texting.It makes it easier for them to get a hold of staff and students on campus. -Samantha

11/30- Great job starting your wiki! 100 :) 12/1- Good work! Next time, both of you get on separate computers and divide and conquer these questions! 12/2- Continue to find answers to the questions- remember to divide them up so you can get more done!