poke me, poke me now.. porn & socialising bosom buddies?

It's not what you think, this isn't a post advocating sharing porn with your friends.

Like it or not pornography has to be acknowledged as one of the primary movers and shakers (no pun intended) when it has come to advancements in internet technology.

What is the connection to friends and socialising? Well, the marketing-research firm Hitwise says that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are starting to snip at the heels of pornography in terms of internet usage.

"Pornography is probably as popular as it ever was, but there's a whole bunch more people who are constructing their (social) identities online," said Mark Federman, former chief strategist with the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology.

Well, there you go!