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Which Social Networking sites do you use?

Simon604
edited February 2009 in General
It seems nowadays that there are an infinite number of websites which we use to interact with others. Some, like YouTube have created social networks based around video while others like LinkedIn have based theirs around professional development. Which of the above social networks do you actively participate in? If you are active on one that is not listed in the poll, please post it and describe your experiences with it and why you find it valuable to you, it's a very interesting topic to me

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  • imelting
    edited February 2009
    i use fb and twitter
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    I just use last.fm though I wouldn't consider it a social networking site. I do no socializing there, all I do is use it to track to what I listen to.
  • online predatoronline predator
    edited February 2009
    i go on youtube and digg every now and then but not for socializing.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    My favorite is Facebook, it is both easy to use and almost everyone uses it.

    Personally, I couldn't understand why YouTube can be considered a Social Networking site. To me, Social Networking is connecting you to people you never thought would connect to you in anyway. In terms of exposure and connecting you to people on YouTube, only major video-bloggers and video producers like the CommunityChannel girl get any sort of major exposure. Those who tried either get trashed or get dismissed as a knockoff and buried.
  • primexx
    edited February 2009
    Digg, Youtube, Twitter, Del.icio.us, Last.fm are all not social networking sites
    never heard of iMeem
  • Hope_2016Hope_2016
    edited February 2009
    youtube, facebook, eharmony...the list is long
  • Simon604
    edited February 2009
    primexx;48648 said:
    Digg, Youtube, Twitter, Del.icio.us, Last.fm are all not social networking sites
    never heard of iMeem
    Well, it depends on what you define social networking as.

    In my opinion, social networks simply allow users to connect and interact around a shared interest. For example, Digg users submit articles. They then interact with each other through the comments and discussions they have on each article and also by voting articles (and comments) up or down. In this way, each user puts forth an identity based on their preference of articles and the content of their comments. People can also choose to follow you based on the type of articles you like to submit, in essence "connecting" with you and whats going on in your online world as it relates to article discovery. Some say this is a more efficient (or specialized) archetype of social behavior we exhibit in the real world.

    YouTube also shares this interactive form of sharing...except this time it's based on video content rather than written articles. Even if your videos only get 1000 views per month, you are still interacting with other users by friending, subscribing, commenting, sharing and rating. Therefore, you are socially networking based around a common interest.

    What would you say is a true social network if you still don't think sites like Digg and YouTube are?
  • Ether
    edited February 2009
    Last.fm is on Wikipedia's List of Social Networking Websites.
  • Nikolai
    edited February 2009
    I watch Youtube videos that have been embedded in pages, but if I'm searching for something specific I'll usually go to Veoh or Megavideo (or badjojo or fantasti for porn).

    I use Del.icio.us

    I have facebook and last.fm accounts, but don't use them.

    I don't use Digg, but do use Reddit. I'm thinking of switching to Ars Technica.

    The smallest available text size on this forum isn't very small.
  • primexx
    edited February 2009
    Simon;48655 said:
    Well, it depends on what you define social networking as.

    In my opinion, social networks simply allow users to connect and interact around a shared interest. For example, Digg users submit articles. They then interact with each other through the comments and discussions they have on each article and also by voting articles (and comments) up or down. In this way, each user puts forth an identity based on their preference of articles and the content of their comments. People can also choose to follow you based on the type of articles you like to submit, in essence "connecting" with you and whats going on in your online world as it relates to article discovery. Some say this is a more efficient (or specialized) archetype of social behavior we exhibit in the real world.

    YouTube also shares this interactive form of sharing...except this time it's based on video content rather than written articles. Even if your videos only get 1000 views per month, you are still interacting with other users by friending, subscribing, commenting, sharing and rating. Therefore, you are socially networking based around a common interest.

    What would you say is a true social network if you still don't think sites like Digg and YouTube are?
    if you define it that broadly then every forum is a social networking site too, which aren't traditionally considered to be such.

    I'm thinking more along the lines of Facebook/Myspace/LinkedIn type sites. Digg I'll concede, youtube is primarily a video site, twitter is microblogging, delicious a bookmarking site, last.fm a music site. The last two probably fall somewhere in between.
  • vonnie
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;48592 said:
    In terms of exposure and connecting you to people on YouTube, only major video-bloggers and video producers like the CommunityChannel girl get any sort of major exposure.
    I like Nat.

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