Technology has become an important part of society, permeating almost every aspect of our lives. Its use has become extremely popular in the world of social networks. With the innovation of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Hi 5, people are now able to meet and reconnect with each other with the ease of a few keystrokes. According to Boulton (2011) social networking sites account for 12% of all time spent on the Internet. According to Facebook.com (2011), there are more than 500 million people who spend over 700 billion minutes per month collectively posting images, comments, news stories, web links, blogs, and more. With so much time spent on social networking sites, debate has raged about people's ability to make connections in the online world. When considering online social networking you can make many different types of connections, including personal and professional ones. This article will focus on previously established and recently established personal connections. It will briefly examine why the statement “with the advent and growing popularity of social networks, individuals are connected to everyone but connecting to no one” is not entirely accurate. To establish a foundation for this perspective, connection or connectedness in social networking terms, is defined as a recurring exchange between two or more people that allows for a sense of belonging or belonging to a whole. Studies indicate that individuals typically join social networking sites as a means to reconnect previously established offline relationships, maintain existing offline relationships, or initiate new relationships (Caplan, 2003; Lampe, Ellison, & Stein…half of paper) . ....the evolution of language. Retrieved from http://books.google.com Facebook (in press). Retrieved March 7, 2011, from http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statisticsLampe. , C., Ellison, N., & Steinfield, C. (2006). A face (book) in the crowd: Social search and social navigation. Retrieved March 7, 2011, from https://www.msu.edu/. ~nellison/lampe_et_al_2006.pdfPollet, TV, Roberts, SGB, & Dunbar, RIM (in press), Use of social networking sites and instant messaging does not lead to an increase in the size of the offline social network, or to more emotionally charged relationships close with members of the offline network. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking. Subrahmanyam, K., Reich, S. M., Waechter, N., & Espinoza, G. (2008). Online and offline social networks: Emerging adults' use of social networking sites. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29, 420-433.