Wed 4 Apr 2007
6 degrees of separation - Social networking overload
Posted by FunDa under list , orkut , social networking , websitesOnce upon a time, 6 degrees of separation was an overestimate - uttered with a hope that one day, we’d all be connected …
Joined Orkut, Friendster , Hi5, Myspace, Twitter, … ?
Now, here comes the overload !
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Name |
Description/Focus |
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43 Things |
Tagging |
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Advogato |
Free Software and Open Source developers |
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aSmallWorld |
European jet set and social elite |
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Amiworthit |
Mutually good-looking students |
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BlackPlanet.com |
African-Americans |
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Bebo |
Schools and colleges |
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Blue Dot |
Link sharing |
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Broadcaster.com |
Video sharing and webcam chat |
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Blurty |
Blogs, based on LiveJournal |
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Bolt |
General (music and video) |
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CarDomain |
Car enthusiasts |
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Care2 |
Green living and activism |
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Classmates.com |
School, college, work and the military |
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Consumating |
“Consumeetings” |
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Cyworld |
Young South Koreans |
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Dandelife |
Collective narratives or “shared biographies” |
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DeadJournal |
“Dark” blogs, based on LiveJournal |
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Delhii |
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Dodgeball.com |
Mobile location-based service, owned by Google |
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DontStayIn |
Clubbing (primarily |
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Doostang |
Careers |
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Ecademy |
Business |
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eSPIN |
Teen Dating |
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Facebook |
College/High School students |
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Facebox |
European young adults (14-24) |
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Faceparty |
British teens and 20-somethings |
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Flirtomatic |
Flirting/Dating |
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Flickr |
Photo sharing |
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Fotki |
Photo sharing |
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Friends Reunited |
School, college, work, sport and streets |
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Friendster |
General |
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Frühstückstreff |
General |
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Gaia Online |
Anime and Games |
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Gazzag |
General |
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Geni.com |
Families, genealogy |
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GoPets |
Virtual pets |
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Graduates.com |
School, college, and work |
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GreatestJournal |
Blogs, based on LiveJournal |
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Grono.net |
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Hi5 |
General |
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Hyves |
General; focus on students and Dutch speakers |
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imeem |
Instant messaging |
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IMVU |
3D chat software |
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IRC-Galleria |
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iWiW |
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Joga Bonito |
Football (soccer) |
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Kincafe |
Families, family tree |
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Last.fm |
Music |
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LinkedIn |
Business |
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LiveJournal |
Blogging |
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LunarStorm |
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MEETin |
General |
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Meetup.com |
General |
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MiGente.com |
Latinos |
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Mixi |
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MOG |
Music |
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Multiply |
“Real world” relationships |
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MySpace |
General |
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myYearbook |
General |
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Nexopia |
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orkut |
Owned by Google |
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Passado |
General |
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Phrasebase |
Foreign Languages (education) |
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Piczo |
Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing |
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Playahead |
Swedish teenagers |
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ProfileHeaven |
British teens |
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RateItAll |
Consumer ratings + social networking |
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Reunion.com |
Locating friends and family |
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Ruckus |
Music |
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Ryze |
Business |
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Sconex |
American high schools |
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Sportsvite |
Recreational Sports |
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Studivz |
University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries |
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Stumbleupon |
Websurfing |
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TagWorld |
General (tagging) |
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TakingITGlobal |
Social action |
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The Student Center |
Teens and colleges |
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Threadless |
Custom T-shirts |
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Travellerspoint |
Travel |
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Tribe.net |
General |
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Twitter |
Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces |
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Vampire Freaks |
Gothic industrial culture |
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VietSpace |
Vietnamese |
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Vox |
Blogging |
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WAYN |
Travel & Lifestyle |
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WebBiographies |
Genealogy & Biography |
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Windows Live Spaces |
Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) |
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Xanga |
Blogs and “metro” areas |
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XING |
Business |
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Xuqa |
Colleges |
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Yahoo! 360° |
Linked to Yahoo! IDs |
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Yelp |
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Zaadz |
Social consciousness |
All these sites - do they reduce the degrees of separation ? Probably they do - much more than you can imagine … It’s not 6 degrees of separation anymore - except for people on the other side of the digital divide. What is happening here ? Is there going to be an apocalypse ? Wait and see …
April 6th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
You’re going to put your puzzles and stuff here, right?
This theme is a little too bland for my taste.