Tech Soup: Online Social Networks event
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 04/19/2006 - 10:19
Tech Soup is having an Online Event on “Using Social Networking Applications for your nonprofit org”. They listed several social networks, and I’ve added the following comment about the online social networks I’m part of. I’m posting it here as well, because a lot of you have asked me from time to time about my thoughts on different online social networks.
Here is a brief run down of the online social networks that I use:
I have 138 direct connections for a network of over 1.4 million people. I like LinkedIn because it has managed to bridge some of the different social networks I am in. I’ve passed on requests from time to time, but haven’t used it extensively.
I have 19 friends on Ryze which expands out to 624 friends of friends. I have the basic membership. I am somewhat active in the blogs and blogging group there, which I receive email notifications about.
I have 24 friends on Tribe. I subscribe to some Tribe lists via email and others via RSS. I like the geographic localization of Tribe, but really haven’t seen much good from it.
31 Friends, 962 once removed. I don’t go here very often. I’m a member of a Statewide group, and use it a little bit for politics.
74 Friends connected to over 16 million people, most of whom seem to live in Brazil. I’m a member of nine communities there, but rarely visit the site.
12 friends, total network over 72 million people. I use this a bit for political outreach. I get some emails about people updating blogs there.
I have twelve friends there. I mostly use this for photo sharing, and have my cellphone configured to send photos directly to flickr and then on to my personal blog. I use it a little for political organizing.
I have an account there and get emails. I like the idea. However, I haven’t added any friends there or explored the network.
I have one connection there and haven’t really gotten involved, although I like the concept of gather a lot as well.
I’m long gone from college and don’t have a .edu email address, so I’ve never used it.
This wasn’t mentioned in the list, but I believe is another important online community/social network. While it doesn’t behave like other social networks, there are some similarities. So, instead of friends, there are 41 people that I’ve given positive feedback to. I really like this community, but I’ve been very busy and haven’t been there for a while.
