Online Meeting Places

2008-03-06 14:53:05

( Real Estate )



What is an Online Meeting Place?

Thanks to technology, you can actually meet and chat with others through online meeting places. Also called an online community, an online meeting place is a website where you can engage in social interaction even with people who are miles away. As long as you have internet access and a valid email address, you can register on one or more online meeting places to become their member. Once you are a member, you can perform several types of actions on the online meeting place.

Benefits of Online Meeting Places

An online meeting place allows you to contact other people, even if you are living alone. It's also the best place to meet people of a particular social or occupational background. You can find online communities catering only to gays, immigrants, lawyers or other stereotypes.

While this may sound very exclusive, it also helps you to find people who have common interests and beliefs as you do. It is never meant to segregate you and your online friends, since you can always choose which community you want to belong to.

You can share photos, notes, or comments about certain topics or issues. You can also organize social activities that will allow you to meet your online friends face to face.

Pitfalls of Online Meeting Places

While most members are sincere and trustworthy, there may also be a handful of members who may have less than ideal intentions. Unfortunately, there is no hard and fast rule for singling out the bad members, and you will just have to take chances.

A good strategy is to get a trusted friend or relative to join the same online meeting place. You and your friend should also accompany each other during any organized social event with the online community. And if there is anything about any member or the online community that you may find disturbing, you can always choose to cancel your membership.

Creating Your Own Online Meeting Place

There are independent hosting sites where you can actually start your own online meeting place. You may want to build up membership by first inviting only people that you already know well, such as schoolmates and office colleagues. Then they can increase the network by inviting other people that they know and trust.

You may also want to set some standards and guidelines about membership screening, so that your online meeting place will be made up of people that you will really accept and trust.


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