Localization versus Globalization of Social Networks

Social networks, a new generation of sites that focus these days on global networks, Internet users are located. Based on online sites such organizations are working and each batch of Internet users with specific characteristics make together. Social networks such as media know that the possibility of achieving a new way to communicate and share content on that have provided the Internet. Social networks can be base of Entrepreneurship. Hundreds of millions of Internet users are members of different social network and hundreds of online activities on this site are passing daily. Relations in contemporary vision using digital services can be in the form of a network of coherent and integrated development tools as social networking or social networking on its website to offer. This feature could provide a media for a group of young persons in other countries to communicate, makes these networks to become a place where culture and customs can be your country to other countries to introduce and share leaves. It also introduced ideas to expand the community and to talk about it. Q & A Persian platform for scholars is a local or national social network in relation to global web media. For Persians who want to have close virtual relation to follow their queries and finding suitable answers. Queries can be in many fields: math, physics, philosophy, literature, computer and others. In this platform (local social network) we can see Iranian culture acting not against global culture of networks but in parallel. Iranian abbreviations, passwords, E-mail, notifications and other items are easy to use for Iranians in this platform. A specific example of localization "CHERNAB" is produced; local programmed words related to Iranian history and culture, not using "CAPTCHA" anymore for security of the Persian website. In spite of many changes and innovative items using in a localized social network, it will help globalized social nets to be improved to reach a smaller virtual world. Localizing social networks can be extended to all other countries not in contradiction to global social networks. Iranian experience in this field should be used in overseas with close mutual cultures. Localization of social networks can act in parallel to globalization of social networks, cultures will be closer and direction will be positive. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the Guest Editor.