The Next New Thing

There are a lot of forms of “new media” in the world that seem to simplify most areas of life. There are, however, still areas that have become more complicated because of all the new technology. One of these areas is privacy. People post their personal information and updates on the internet, which connects them to the whole world. Anyone can see their profiles and internet activity. I think that the next new thing should be a service that is like the internet, but that only connects people who you personally add to your network. For example, if you want to update your friends about what is happening in your life, you can have a profile and update it as much as you want without having to worry about strangers having access to it, because only your selected group of friends and family has access to your network. It would be different than simply just setting your profile to private because many people can easily get past that and still see your updates if they are friends with your friends. With this new technology, it would be like updating your friends as you would do on any social networking site, but it would be as if you have the rest of the world completely blocked. Predators, stalkers, and other unwanted visitors would have to hack into your personal internet network instead of just having to get around a privacy setting. It would make social networking a lot safer and more personal.