Social networking is helping scientists and engineers connect with the world at-large. There is tremendous power in social networking, with many positive prospects for science education, innovation, and research. Can the growing power of the Internet and social media alter and/or influence research priorities? Is scientific information (with Wikipedia, for example) being increasingly dispersed by a process that is the inverse of peer review? Can crowdsourcing predict the future? This GUIRR meeting examined the “yin and yang” of social media by addressing some of these questions and considering the impact on research, the enterprise, and the workforce.