Social networking is a method to link communities of people together in some fashion, usually by software. The software, though varies from network to network usually gives users the ability to share and upload photos, videos and bookmarks, blog, message friends, link with or make new friends.
Launched in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo in 2005, Flickr is one of the most popular online photo management social sites on the web. Registration is open to people 13 years of age and older, and there are over 250,000 users.