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***Apologies for Receipt of Duplicate Postings*** Friends/ I recently received an announcement that WetPaint (the free-wiki site) has Gone Social ! [:-) "Wetpaint Adds New Social Dimension to Wikis Wetpaint becomes the first fully social publishing platform giving consumers all the tools needed to create dynamic, interactive websites (Seattle, Wash. - March 10, 2008) Wetpaint, the leading social publishing platform with a network of over 750,000 social sites, today unveiled a complete set of social networking features to supercharge creation of content on its award-winning wiki service that now unifies the two things people love to do online - socialize and share content with others.With the addition of such new features as a Friends Network, Custom Member Profiles, a What*s New site activity dashboard and Friends Feeds, Wetpaint has created the first truly integrated social publishing platform, empowering anyone to easily create a completely social and collaborative website. [snip] By fusing its best-in-class publishing tools with social networking features that increase user connection and communication, Wetpaint sites provide the ideal environment for anyone to quickly and easily create a website that flourishes with interaction, discussion and collaboration, resulting in rich content that attracts new members and bigger audiences." MORE AT [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/03/wetpaint-goes-social.html ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/2bgsdh ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 [log in to unmask] There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]