[Air-L] Not Just Facebook: OnLine Social NetWorks Are EveryWhere

Gerry Mckiernan gerrymck at iastate.edu
Mon Mar 24 12:06:48 PDT 2008


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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Thanks!

Happy Monday!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

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