Friends/
While Bebo, Facebook, Bebo, hi5, MySpace, and Orkut, are among the better known general online social networks,
there is an ever-increasing number of online networks that have emerged for and within a wide variety of communities.
I am greatly interested in learning of Online Social Networks in These And/Or Other Communities
BTW: I Am Aware Of Many Other Communities With Online Social Networks But Am Asking The Web Communities For Their Suggestions.
ACADEME AND EDUCATION
academici
Classroom 2.0
EduSpaces
OpenAcademic
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
BlackPlanet
BOOMERS
Boomj
Eons
Second Prime Time
BUSINESS
LinkedIn
Ryze
Spoke
XING
GAY/LESBIAN/TRANS-GENDER
OUTeverywhere
RELIGION
MeeJew
MyChurch
Muslim Spaces
RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS
2collab
Nature Network
Pronetos: The Social Network For Scholars
I am also interested in Major Web Sites That Have Compiled A Listing of Online Social Network Sites/Services As Well As Any/All Associated Literature.
BTW: I am aware of Social Networking Services Meta List made available on thesocialsoftwareweblog (but it's dated)
and of course List of Social Networking Websites from Wikipedia.
I am also aware of the Ning-based online social networks
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[ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/03/not-just-facebook-online-social.html ]
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[ http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq ]
Thanks!
Happy Monday!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
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