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Missing Reynella woman Rachael Moritz, second from right, with her mother Corinna Smith and sisters Emmah and Alex. Source: Supplied

PEOPLE running missing persons campaigns on social media risk hindering official investigations if not done in conjunction with authorities, police say.

The warning comes as the Facebook page for missing Reynella woman Rachael Moritz, 20, was shut down on Thursday after it was inundated with critical comments, taunts and false reports of sightings after police revealed a bikie link in the case.

Set up by Ms Moritz's family, the page had more than 14,000 followers and spread news of the search worldwide, but it became overwhelming for Ms Moritz's mother, Corinna Smith.

The page was reinstated yesterday with a message to followers to send any information to police.

Ms Smith made an emotional plea in The Advertiser yesterday for Ms Moritz to send her a coded message to prove she was alive.

Ms Smith said she wanted to ensure any contact made was not a hoax.

The plea came as SA Police revealed Ms Moritz's stolen car was used in the November shooting murder of Jason De Ieso, at Pooraka, which police say involved bikies.

Police media operations manager Brett Foster said social media was invaluable in spreading information rapidly between the public and the police.

However, the rapid sharing of information could be a problem if the social media campaigns diverted information from police.

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Above, a screenshot of a Nextdoor.com neighborhood map. Homes on the map marked in light green are signed up with the social networking service. IMAGE COURTESY OF NEXTDOOR.COM

Published: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 3:10p.m. Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013

Social-networking sites such as Facebook allow people to connect with their friends, even if they live thousands of miles apart. Old friendships can be rekindled and users can catch up with schoolmates and out-of-town relatives.

But what about the folks right down the street, whose name you may not know, but who live a lot closer? According to a June 2010 survey by the Pew Research Center, 28 percent of Americans know none of their neighbors by name.

Thats where a website like Nextdoor.com comes in.

Penn Hills is so large that we need every tool we can find to reach people, said Frankstown Estates resident James Beck. On Facebook, people might be friends with someone they already know, but what about the person two houses down?

Beck, who moved to Penn Hills about 13 years ago, started a Nextdoor page for his neighborhood: the site allows users to draw a rough map of their neighborhoods, and people who live within the maps boundaries can not just interact but find out about one another.

The site requests users names and addresses, then looks to see if a Nextdoor site is already established in that area. If not, a new user can create one. Any neighbor with an Internet connection can join up and post information about whats happening in their neighborhood, from community events to help-wanted requests to criminal activity.

After an incident in which a car was broken into (in Frankstown Estates), users were on there describing the small group of kids who did it, Beck said, adding that hes also met several of his neighbors because of his interaction on the website.

As a member of the nonprofit Penn Hills Community Development Corporation, Beck is looking to spread the word to local residents about the free service and has been touting its benefits at CDC functions.

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Social-networking site aims to help unite neighborhoods

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nkjh8p/social_commerce) has announced the addition of the "Social Commerce: 2012 How Social Networking will Transform e-Commerce" report to their offering.

Social commerce is a type of online selling where consumer-to-consumer interactions enable the sale, rather than company-to-consumer interactions.

The value of the worldwide social commerce market in 2012 will be 21% larger than the value of the worldwide social networking market. By 2016 this gap will have grown to 188% as social commerce enters a period of strong growth, while social networking enters its mature phase.

It is too simplistic to regard social commerce as a fusion of online commerce and social networking. Instead, social commerce is a combination of 4 key social networking concepts and 4 additional concepts that have nothing to do with social networking. All of these concepts are explained in detail in this report. Report Content

This report contains clear, detailed definitions of the 7 different types of social commerce.

In this report you will also find detailed analysis of over 40 leading start-ups who are promoting a broad range of innovative services that are based on a number of transformational business models.

This report also contains 5-year market forecasts, very detailed market analysis and some surprising insights into the status and future direction of this key emerging market.

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TV9 - 17-year-old rape victim had twice attempted suicide
TV9 - 17-year-old rape victim had twice attempted suicide...! The 17-year-old girl from a south Delhi public school, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by two MNC employees, was driven to desperation and attempted suicide twice in October and November last year. Her statement to the police reveals a sordid tale of exploitation by the two men who, she alleges, were working in tandem. It was a Facebook friendship with Naveen Singh Khetwal, 24, that began in September 2011, which pulled her into the quagmire. Naveen introduced her to his cousin, Rajesh, 24, and by December, Rajesh, too, had befriended her on the social networking site. The case underlines the perils that social networking sites pose to vulnerable teenagers. This girl became quite enamoured with Rajesh. They exchanged phone numbers and text messages and would speak to each other daily, meeting occasionally. But suddenly in March 2012, Rajesh discontinued his friendship with her. She was heartbroken and went into depression, she says in her complaint.

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Kerala girl #39;s photo used on Facebook as that of Delhi braveheart, police investigate
The father of a girl whose photograph was circulated on social networking sites including Facebook as that of the 23-year-old paramedical student who was brutally gangraped by six men in a bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012, has filed a complaint with the cyber cell of Kerala Police. The girl in the photo belongs to Kerala and a family friend her father that her photo was being shared on Facebook. When the family approached the police, it was found that she was being identified as the Delhi braveheart in the photo. The photo was reportedly posted from a Facebook account in Delhi.

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