Post 2010-01-01 #020
Anti-Social Network Behavior
October 24, 2007 ( 7 Comments )
How much are we supposed to take, at what point do we stand up as a society and say enough is enough, I’ve had all I can stand and I can’t stands no more. Of course I am talking about social networking. Whether its profiles on Myspace, photos on Flickr, zombies on Facebook, job inquires on linked in, or phone calls from angry Dutchmen on Skype. The 21st century netizen is wallowing in choices to be social without being seen. according to Wikipedia (itself a sort of social site, while not necessarily networking based,it has become a clubhouse for grammarians and nitpickers the world over) the following are the notable social networking sites.
List of social networking websites
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name
Description/Focus
User count
Registration
43 Things
Goal and Dreams; Tagging
&&&&&&&&01007433.&&&&&01,007,433[1]
Open
Advogato
Free software and open source developers
&&&&&&&&&&011000.&&&&&011,000[2]
Open
Amina – Chechen Republic Online
Chechens
&&&&&&&&&&&03500.&&&&&03,500+[3]
Open
aSmallWorld
European jet set and social elite
&&&&&&&&&0150000.&&&&&0150,000[4]
Invite-only
Badoo
European young adults
&&&&&&&&&01.2E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”12,000,000[5]
Open
Bebo
Schools and colleges
&&&&&&&&&03.4E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”34,000,000[6]
Open
BlackPlanet
African-Americans
&&&&&&&&&01.6E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”16,000,000[7]
Open
Blue Dot
Link sharing
&&&&&&&&&&080000.&&&&&080,000[8]
Open
Broadcaster.com
Video sharing and webcam chat
&&&&&&&&&02.6E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”26,000,000[9]
Open
Buzznet
Music and pop-culture
&&&&&&&&&05.0E+5.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”500,000+[10]
Open
CarDomain
Car enthusiasts
&&&&&&&&&01.6E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”1,600,000[11]
Open
Care2
Green living and social activism
&&&&&&&&07744297.&&&&&07,744,297[12]
Open
Classmates.com
School, college, work and the military
&&&&&&&&&04.0E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”40,000,000[13]
Open
Consumating
“Consumeetings”
&&&&&&&&&&021000.&&&&&021,000[14]
Open
CouchSurfing
Hospitality
&&&&&&&&&0281000.&&&&&0281,000[15]
Open
Cyworld
Young South Koreans
&&&&&&&&02.12E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”21,200,000[16]
Open
Dandelife
Collective narratives or “shared biographies”
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
Dodgeball
Mobile location-based service, owned by Google
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[17]
Open
DontStayIn
Clubbing (primarily UK)
&&&&&&&&&0235000.&&&&&0235,000+[18]
Open
Doostang
Careers
&&&&&&&&&0173000.&&&&&0173,000[19]
Invite-only
eCRUSH
Teens
&&&&&&&&&04.4E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”4,400,000[20]
Open
Experience Project
Life experiences
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
Facebook
Started for colleges, then high schools, and now everyone.
&&&&&&&&&04.8E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”48,000,000[21]
Open
Faceparty
British teens and young adults
&&&&&&&&&05.9E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”5,900,000[22]
Open to people 16 and older.
Flickr
Photo sharing
&&&&&&&&&04.0E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”4,000,000[23]
Open (Yahoo! login)
Flirtomatic
Flirting/Dating
&&&&&&&&&0265000.&&&&&0265,000[24]
Open to people 18 and older.
Fotki
Photo sharing
&&&&&&&&&01.0E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”1,000,000[25]
Open
Fotolog
Photoblogging
&&&&&&&&&09.0E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”9,000,000[26]
Open
Friends Reunited
School, college, work, sport and streets
&&&&&&&&&01.9E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”19,000,000[27]
Open
Friendster
General
&&&&&&&&&05.0E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”50,000,000[28]
Open
Frühstückstreff
General
&&&&&&&&&&011600.&&&&&011,600[29]
Open
Gaia Online
Anime and games
&&&&&&&&&09.3E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”9,300,000[30]
Open
Gather
Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions
&&&&&&&&&0360000.&&&&&0360,000[31]
Open
Geni.com
Families, genealogy
&&&&&&&&&01.0E+5.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”100,000[32]
Open
Graduates.com
School, college, and work
&&&&&&&&&0650000.&&&&&0650,000[33]
Open
Grono.net
Poland
&&&&&&&&01350000.&&&&&01,350,000[34]
Invite-only
GuildCafe
Online games
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
hi5
General
&&&&&&&&&05.0E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”50,000,000[35]
Open
Hospitality Club
Hospitality
&&&&&&&&&0328629.&&&&&0328,629[36]
Open
Hyves
General Dutch social networking website
&&&&&&&&03266581.&&&&&03,266,581[37]
Open
imeem
Music, Video, Photos, Blogs
&&&&&&&&&01.6E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”16,000,000[38]
Open
IRC-Galleria
Finland
&&&&&&&&&04.0E+5.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”400,000[39]
Open
iWiW
Hungary
&&&&&&&&&02.6E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”2,600,000[40]
Invite-only
Jaiku
General
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[41]
Open
Joga Bonito
Football (soccer)
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
Last.fm
Music
&&&&&&&&&01.5E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”15,000,000[42]
Open
LibraryThing
Book lovers
&&&&&&&&&0214425.&&&&&0214,425[43]
Open
LinkedIn
Business
&&&&&&&&&01.5E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”15,000,000[44]
Open
LiveJournal
Blogging. Popular in Russia.
&&&&&&&&01.29E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”12,900,000[45]
Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm
Sweden
&&&&&&&&&01.2E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”1,200,000[46]
Open
MEETin
General
&&&&&&&&&&072000.&&&&&072,000[47]
Open
Meetup.com
General
&&&&&&&&&02.0E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”2,000,000[48]
Open
MiGente.com
Latinos
&&&&&&&&&03.6E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”3,600,000[49]
Open
Mixi
Japan
&&&&&&&&09830000.&&&&&09,830,000[50]
Invite-only
MOG
Music
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
Multiply
“Real world” relationships
&&&&&&&&&05.0E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”5,000,000[51]
Open
MyChurch
Christian Churches
&&&&&&&&&&070306.&&&&&070,306[52]
Open
My Opera Community
General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.)
&&&&&&&&01001798.&&&&&01,001,798[53]
Open
MySpace
General
&&&&&&0206304468.&&&&&0206,304,468[54]
Open
myYearbook
General
&&&&&&&&&0950000.&&&&&0950,000[55]
Open
Netlog
Formerly known as Facebox.
&&&&&&&&&02.4E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”24,000,000[56]
Open
Nexopia
Canada
&&&&&&&&01158531.&&&&&01,158,531[57]
Open
Ning
Social network creation
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
OkCupid
Dating
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
orkut
Owned by Google. Popular in Brazil and India.
&&&&&&&067962551.&&&&&067,962,551[58]
Open (Google login)
OUTeverywhere
Gay
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
Passado
General
&&&&&&&&&04.7E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”4,700,000[59]
Open
Piczo
Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing
&&&&&&&&&01.0E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”10,000,000[60]
Open
Playahead
Swedish teenagers
&&&&&&&&&0530000.&&&&&0530,000[61]
Open
Playtxt
Mobile social network, location, worldwide
&&&&&&&&&&070000.&&&&&070,000
Open
ProfileHeaven
British teens
&&&&&&&&&01.0E+5.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”100,000[62]
Open
Pownce
Moblog for websites, files, and short updates
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Invite-only
RateItAll
General (consumer ratings)
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[63]
Open
Reunion.com
Locating friends and family, keeping in touch
&&&&&&&&&02.8E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”28,000,000[64]
Open
Ryze
Business
&&&&&&&&&0250000.&&&&&0250,000[65]
Open
Searchles
Social search and networking
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[66]
Open
Sconex
American high schools
&&&&&&&&&05.0E+5.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”500,000[67]
Open
Sermo
Physicians
&&&&&&&&&&020000.&&&&&020,000[68]
Open only to registered D.O.s and M.D.s in the U.S.A.
sexi
Japan (sexual networking site)
&&&&&&&&&&060000.&&&&&060,000[69]
Invite-only
Shelfari
Books
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
Skyrock Blog
France, Belgium, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Senegal
&&&&&&&&&03.8E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”3,800,000[70]
Open
Snooth
Wine
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
Soundpedia
Music
&&&&&&&&&03.5E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”3,500,000[71]
Open
Sportsvite
Recreational sports
&&&&&&&&&&018000.&&&&&018,000[72]
Open
Studivz
University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries
&&&&&&&&&02.4E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”2,400,000[73]
Open
StumbleUpon
Websurfing
&&&&&&&&&03.2E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”3,200,000[74]
Open
Tagged.com
General
&&&&&&&&&03.0E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”30,000,000[75]
Open
TagWorld
General (tagging)
&&&&&&&&01850692.&&&&&01,850,692[76]
Open
TakingITGlobal
Social action
&&&&&&&&&0145000.&&&&&0145,000[77]
Open
The Student Center
Teens and colleges
&&&&&&&&&08.0E+5.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”800,000[78]
Open
Threadless
Custom T-shirts
&&&&&&&&&0364474.&&&&&0364,474
Open
TravBuddy.com
Travel
&&&&&&&&&0760000.&&&&&0760,000[79]
Open
Travellerspoint
Travel
&&&&&&&&&0105000.&&&&&0105,000[80]
Open
tribe.net
General
&&&&&&&&&0602876.&&&&&0602,876 [81]
Open
Twitter
General
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[82]
Open
Vox
Blogging
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown
Open
WAYN
Travel and lifestyle
&&&&&&&&&08.0E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”8,000,000[83]
Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies
Genealogy and biography
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[84]
WeeWorld
General (cartoons)
&&&&&&&&&01.7E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”1,700,000[85]
open
Windows Live Spaces
Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces)
&&&&&&&&&01.2E+8.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”120,000,000[86]
Open
Woophy
travel & photography, photo sharing website
&&&&&&&&&&020000.&&&&&020,000[87]
Open
Xanga
Blogs and “metro” areas
&&&&&&&&&04.0E+7.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”40,000,000[88]
Open
XING
Business
&&&&&&&&&04.0E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”4,000,000[89]
Open
Yahoo! 360°
Linked to Yahoo! IDs
&&&&&&&&&04.7E+6.Expression error: Unrecognised word “e”4,700,000[90]
Open to people 18 and older, (Yahoo! login)
Yahoo! Mash
Yahoo’s new SNS – Still in beta
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[91]
invite only while in beta
Zooomr
Universal photo sharing
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1.0E+6Unknown[92]
Open (OpenID)
Realize that this lis doesn’t even include other things that function like social networks, like De.licio.us,Technocrati, or Digg. If you are a hep cyber citizen your on all those , God forbid you leave your desk, oh wait I can twitter from my phone. I can face book while waiting for a red light, yeah I know I am not supposed to do it, but you do it too so pbbbtttt.
This at first didn’t seem like a problem until colleges and universities stared having classes teaching freshmen how to meet and interact with people real-time, in fact we live in a world interaction is a major. Not talking about computer interactions or anything digital, just interaction as a whole, something that the very old fashioned me takes for granted. Your in a situation you are going to interact, not unlike your in an ocean, you are going to get wet.
I sometimes getr so busy with online life that i don’t have time for the real one, you knoe the one I do all the online stuff to pay for. It becomes like the 80’s cokehead mantra, “I do blow to be better at work,to make more money, so I can afford more blow” In this case instead of Bolvian Marching Powder, its the tiny dance of 1’s and 0’s.
I had a similar thought while being lost in New York, “how many cities should a man know by heart?” To which my friend Scott answered as many as possible. A nice thought but at some point it gets ridiculous, me I have my home town:Minneapolis, St. Paul its necessary suburbs, small towns nearby like Duluth and Rochester, Siux Falls, Fargo, Madison, Milwaukee. The Chicago, New York, Los Angeles , San Diego, Seattle, London, then the million small towns that I seem to contiually have to be off to (Bismark anyone?).
I say enough with the social networking. how about anti social networks like hatebook? or heres a thought how about an old fashioned party? Have the whole world over…let say at your house though, mines too small.
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