cyber networking = real networking  

Doing this is risky but if done right can be a great way to meet people you might not be able to meet in real life.

I have a few people i have met this way and they are pretty good friends.

I strongly agree, Facebook is a very good social networking site and so far, it is the best. I'm kinda guilty too of playing more on Facebook rather than using it's networking functions. I play a lot of Mafia Wars and do it for about 4-5 times a day. Regarding the invites, I only invite and accept people that I know personally. I'm not the type who would just add anybody who gives out friend requests. For Facebook's networking functions, I use it to reconnect to some old friends and relatives that I haven't heard from for a long time already. It gives me updates about what's going on with their lives already and at the same time keeping in touch with them once again. Facebook though is somewhat an "all-in-one" site. It incorporates the best services found on the net. It's a social networking site where one can fill in his/her details so as to give updates to people and it has a chat feature. Facebook's chat is something that I never found in other social networking sites that I had before. It's minor features such as tagging of pictures, uploading of videos, and even linking of different websites makes it unique, more versatile, and a lot better than other networking sites out there. Facebook basically has all the feature one needs for a social networking site. Facebook's games are great too. They really utilized the concept of networking even in the games. Facebook is a breakthrough indeed.

In some ways, that's true. In some ways, it's not. It depends on whether you can actually go meet the people you're networking with. If you're stuck inside or prohibited from attending an event due to weather, money, status, or what have you, then you have to make due with virtual networking. Sometimes, however, the virtual network doesn't accomplish the same thing as actual networking. For example, last night I tried to attend a virtual art opening. All the pictures were displayed on my computer and there was a chat room to gather and conversate. They even had virtual plates of goodies. This was the stupidest thing I've ever been to in my life, and I left after 10 minutes having gained nothing from the experience except for the opinion that you can't do all things virtually no matter how much we would like to delude ourselves.