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With superinjunctions "stopping" us hearing all about that footballer trending 24/7 on Twitter and Facebook having more active users than there are people in all but a handful of countries, social networking has a claim to being the transforming technology of the early 21st century in the way that the motor car was the transformative technology of the early 20th century. The pre-social networking world may not have caught up with the revolutionary changes already underway, but have you?

How much do you use social networking sites and what do you use them for? Can it help you in your education, in making friends, in helping you make the most of life as a student? Or is it just hype?

Having lived most of my years in the pre-FB world, I can't imagine life without it nor Twitter these days. Not only does it allow me to communicate with friends scattered all over the world about sport, politics and art, it's a window that opens out on to some great material, both in the MSM (Mainstream Media) and in little corners of the internet where people do some extraordinary stuff. Follow X on Twitter or like Z on Facebook and all that is yours.

Probably my favourite aspect of social networking, is the discourse that has developed about maintaining friendships. I can hear nothing from someone for two years, then have an intense exchange of views about President Obama, cricket, the films of Hayao Miyazaki, anything and then not hear from them again for another couple of years - and nobody minds.

Do leave some thoughts below in the comment section and remember to follow your union on Twitter at @SUGreenwich and on Facebook too.