Humans have been "socially networked" in different aspects for as long as we have been on the planet. Men have historically benefited themselves of lots of successive tools for improving and maintaining such networks. These include structured social affiliations and institutions, founded for a religious, educational, or similar purpose, including communications technologies, such as telegraphs, telephones and courier systems. When we speak today of "social networking", however, we usually refer more narrowly to the defined group of information technologies, almost entirely web-based.

The Internet platforms enable online users to maintain contact with real people from their environment, to create new social and professional contacts, to be informed about news and actual events in the social world, to find entertainment in their free time, to shop, to manage their finances, etc.

A great number of networking sites and applications are finding their way into our lives.

The well-known social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, are online platforms reflecting different aspects of man's world. Through these platforms, individuals introduce themselves with their biological and social characteristic and communicate with real persons in life.

This model is well established, but sometimes it imposes behavioral restrictions making individuals appear not who they truly are, but who the conformist society is willing to accept. Intelligent and creative users face barriers before free communication, due to the impossibility of free anonymous communication and sharing of different opinions, interests and ideas.

Here comes the need of anonymous communication.

Man has a need to unfold his full mental potential, without fear of criticism, without having to meet society's expectations, without being judged for his thoughts and feelings.

A very famous quote by Oscar Wilde is finding its way across the Internet in the form of anonymous social networking sites that are taking the world over by storm.

Therefore many anonymous social networks launched recently.

Based on the believes that anonymity is the future of online interactions, was developed Duvamis. It claims to be the world's first completely anonymous social media, that aims to abolish the restrictions in online human interaction by creating free, anonymous environment. An environment, where people can share their experiences, thoughts and feelings, with no concerns that this may harm someone's everyday life.

Of course, there are also other anonymous social networks.

To tap into the anonymous market, another social network, like Pencourage, The Experience Project and Social Number, allow their users to post anonymously.

The launches of these new social networking sites may be a real opportunity for moving to the next level of online communication.

Expanding man's social network beyond his familiar circle of friends can have unexpected benefits. This may bring fresh ideas and surprising opportunities, such as a job, an apartment or a fellow. The Internet is providing new tools for cultivating on those networks.

The concept of social networking has changed its meaning, thus we have to ask where is social media going and is anonymity the future of online communications?

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I am a freelancer, blogger, writer, and Internet activist, that protects privacy on the web. I have 10 years commercial experience and have worked with different types of projects in the past few years both in the US and England. Taking pictures and working out are the hobbies that help me relax the most.