Online Social Networks

Also called Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF) networks.

Hot today, Gone Tomorrow? - an article from Knowledge@Wharton

Social Networking Sites Continue to Attract Record Numbers as Myspace.Com Surpasses 50 Million US Visitors in May.

• Care2 - helps activists network and mobilize around specific issues, from human rights to environmental protection.

• Gather - a place to share things that matter to you with the people that matter to you, too.

• Ryze - online professional and career-based networking.

• Uth TV - upload and share videos, audio recordings, art and photos, and the written word (journalism, poetry and blog)

• Tagged

• Bebo

• MyYearbook

• Friendster

• Facebook

• MySpace - here is a humorous explanation of MySpace!

Libraries with MySpace profiles:

• Denver Public Library