Post - 008 : Social Networking / Tags / Social Bookmarks

Hello, this is Gort. I am your Web 2.0 channel robot for sector 001-BK. This is the Social Networking / Tags / Social Bookmarks portion of the Library blog. Please, let us welcome 008-BK, Thunder Robot, to give us a report.




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Hello? Thunder? Can you hear me?





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Helloooo? Are you on one of the social networking sites now? Facebook? Myspace? Gaia or Gaia Online?





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Something for the arts like ArtSlant, deviantART, Humble Voice , PhotographyVoter, Virb? Or maybe just bookmarking like AllMyFavorites, Backflip, Blinklist, Blogmarks, BuddyMarks, Connectedy, del.icio.us, De.lirio.us, Diigo, Dogear, Favoritoo, FeedMeLinks, Foxmarks, FreeLink, LinkaGoGo, Linkatopia, Linkroll, Windows Live Favorites, WireFan, Zurpy? Are you on an automobile site? AutoSpies or CarDomain or Motorpulse? Maybe you are connecting with old friends with Classmates, ConnectU, Dodgeball, Graduates, Meetup, MyYearbook? Or is it a consumer review site like Cork’d or Chowhound or Epinions or RateItAll or Yelp? Is it a food spot like All Recipes, Barmano, , FohBoh, Foods.tv, Kitchen Bug or WineLifeToday? Maybe a cultural site like ClubGh (Ghana), iWiW (Hungary), LunarStorm (Sweden), or Mixi (Japan)? Or are you hooking up with online dating? Cupid’s Lab? LoveandFriends? WooMe? Maybe you are talking books with BookCrossing, BookMooch, Good Reads? How about LibraryThing or PaperBackSwap or Shelfari?



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Maybe you are planning an event with Socializr, Evite or Zoji? Something for the family perhaps with Amiglia, CafeMom, Family 2.0, GreatSchools, MomJunction, MothersClick, Moxie Moms, or TheFamilyPost. Perhaps general networking is your thing? Badoo, Bebo, , CyWorld, EarthFrisk, Friendster, Grono, Hi5, LiveJournal, Tagged, Tribe or even Trig? Are you on a wellness site like DailyStrength? How about internet marketing with Sphinn? Maybe you are micro or mobile blogging with BeeMood or Radar or Rummble or Twitter or Zannel? Maybe music is your thing with Buzznet, Jango, Last.fm, Purevolume or Soundpedia? News? BuzzFlash? Hubdub? NewsCloud? Newsvine? NowPublic? Shoutwire? How about pets with Catster, Dogster, MyCatSpace, MyDogSpace or Pikapet? Maybe you are sharing photos on Flickr, Fotki, Fotolog, Linkinn, My Opera, Photobucket, Picli, Tagmee, or Zoomr?



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Are you taking social action with Care2, Hugg, or TakingITGlobal? Sports? Armchair GM or Ballhype or eFans or FanNation or ScoreGuru? Or are you on a technology kick with DNHour, Pixel Groovy, Slashdot, Tweako or SWiK ?Are you really travel oriented on Gusto or Travellerspoint or Trip Advisor or Woophy? Maybe you are sharing some vids with friends on Vimby or YouTube? Maybe you are on something completely miscellaneous like goal sharing on 43 Things or listing and voting for your favorite things on Beautiful Society or sharing life experiences on the Experience Project. Or are you just hanging around on I Am Bored or Ning or even Vampire Freaks!



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Or did you find something useful like the site called Mashable? It has a pretty nice list and description of Social networks... Hello? Thunder? Um, eh, HELLO?

CAN’T YOU SEE I AM BUSY!?!

LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!

I AM SOCIALLY NETWORKING!!!!!

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Oh. I. See. Well, I guess we can see that Social Networking / Tags / Social Bookmarks on the Information Super Highway tends to take up a lot of beings time. That is all for now.



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