Which Social Networking sites do you use?

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• imelting

  February 2009 edited February 2009

  i use fb and twitter
• JayDub

  February 2009 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 predator

  February 2009 edited February 2009

  i go on youtube and digg every now and then but not for socializing.
• Student0667

  February 2009 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

  February 2009 edited February 2009

  Digg, Youtube, Twitter, Del.icio.us, Last.fm are all not social networking sites
  never heard of iMeem
• Hope_2016

  February 2009 edited February 2009

  youtube, facebook, eharmony...the list is long
• Simon604

  February 2009 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

  February 2009 edited February 2009

  Last.fm is on Wikipedia's List of Social Networking Websites.
• Nikolai

  February 2009 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

  February 2009 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

  February 2009 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.