Social Networking – Indian vs. Global

When I meet an Indian boy, I say hi waving my hands...When I meet a Chinese boy, I shake hands...When I meet an Australian boy, I give a peck on the cheek.

I socialise with people of different cultures in different ways. We tittle - tattle on different subjects and ask different questions...No, I am not being a con artist and I don’t have two faces..Its just the need of different cultures.

In a scenario like this, does ONE global social networking site cater to all the audience across the globe or do we need geographically (culturally) disparate networking sites? Should the content be different..Do we need different applications!!

Orkut which is very popular in India has come up with a lot of applications which the Indian gallery will gladly relate to - Cricket / Bollywood / Politics are the buzzword with the Indian audience.

Big Adda has some Indian magnitude. They have incorporated Bollywood as a big-league (which we all know is cherished by Indian hearts). Amitabh Bacchan regularly and faithfully writes a blog on Big Adda making it even more Indian.

Will a French guy care about Cricket or Bollywood or Indian Politics. Won’t Soccer and Fashion hold his attention more than Cricket? Will an Australian be comfortable with the idea of surfing a matrimonial site for finding a date?

If there are cultural differences in the way we interact, then why are we not getting culturally different Networking sites. Why do they all look the same and behave identical?

Have the Social networking sites felt the pulse of their audience or are they insisting on a change in human behaviour.

As an example, I despise people poking me on facebook. I’ve never had men poke me in the real world, why would I then let them touch and poke me online. On myspace, some of the videos uploaded are beyond my comprehension and understanding. Do people really want to share such private stuff with the world?

Is it time for the world to behave alike or should we hold dignity in our culture and interaction style and reserve it for our future generations!!!