Social Networking is just a concept really. MySpace, Facebook, Livejournal, MSN Spaces, Blogger, Ebay, YouTube, Yahoo! Groups, Epinions and every existing vBulletin forum are really examples of social networks. Each implements it in a different way.

One could argue that MMORPGs (including simulations like Second Life) and IRC are social networks as well. They don't get included because they don't use the World Wide Web. However any application that allows social interaction among its members falls into the broad definition of social networking.

With vBulletin, people are limiting their ideas of Social Networking to mean enhanced profiles with comments on those profiles and links to blog entries and images. But really the concept it much broader than that even. This perception is because of how MySpace implemented their network with friend's lists, private messaging and so forth. vBulletin already has friends lists, private messaging and a most the elements of what makes MySpace into MySpace. However some of those elements are underutilized and that is what the "Social Networking" component will enhance.

welll Wayne Luke I think there are some different between Social Networking and Forum
Forum is part of Social Networking
blog is part of Social Networking
mygallery/album is part of Social Networking
chat is part of Social Networking
myvideo/audio is part of Social Networking
my homepage is part of Social Networking
etc...
once jelsoft will consider to realase many product as I see they go to Social Networking
but where is the big problem
slow work
and I belive they can’t be faster than
cuz they just who work
on other hand if they support another product as arcade as offical product then
they will wok fast any one
cuz they who have the biggest coder and developer at vB.org