Social Networking

Networking isn't just for the office anymore. These web apps and networking sites allow everyone to jump in and create fun and creative web content in minutes. A great way to connect with folks with similar hobbies and interests.

Resources in this category:

ccMixter
http://ccmixter.org/

Looking for free, high quality music you can listen to, download, mash-up, and/or use in videos and other media? ccMixter "is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons."

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/

Facebook is one of the largest social networking sites in the world. Create a profile, find and connect with other friends through their profiles.

Free Music Archive
http://freemusicarchive.org/

The Free Music Archive's slogan is "It's not just free music; it's good music." The FMA provides access to downloadable, creative-commons licensed, high-quality music. There are various ways to search music and opportunities to network with other FMA members.

FriendFeed
http://friendfeed.com/

FriendFeed is a real-time, conversational, social networking stream that aggregates social networking sites (such as Flickr, Facebook, Delicious and Twitter).

Gather
http://www.gather.com/

Social networking site with a more adult orientation. Whether it is an interest in the news, art, even a particular author, this is the place to connect with others who share your interests.

Grooveshark
http://listen.grooveshark.com/

Grooveshark is a music search engine, music streaming service and a music recommendation service. Users are immediately allowed access to streaming music and can create their own playlists and share with others.

GuruLib Home Library Cataloging
http://www.gurulib.com/

Catalog and organize your books and media, share reviews and comments about what you're reading, listening to or playing, and connect with others who share your taste.

identica
http://identi.ca/

Identi.ca is a microblogging service. You can join groups or just share information. Users can share "dents" (similar to Twitter's "tweets") up to 140 characters.

ifood.tv |Global Food Network
http://www.ifood.tv/

Social networking around food! See video cooking demonstrations, search recipes, read blogs and interact with "foodies" from around the world.

Joost
http://www.joost.com/

Interactive software for distributing television shows and other videos using peer-to-peer technology. You can share shows and interact with others about shows for free.

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/

LinkedIn is a social networking site focused on business relationships, employment and professional networking. Upload your resume, network with colleagues, friends and employers. Find jobs, join business networks and groups.

My Yearbook
http://www.myyearbook.com/

My Yearbook is a free internet social networking service geared toward high school and college students.

MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/

Social networking on the Internet. Offers an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos.

Ning
http://www.ning.com/

Create and join social networks based on interests and passions. Easily integrate other social media utilities, communicate with others, post images, video and audio.

Plurk
http://www.plurk.com/

Plurk is a social networking and micro-blogging site, much like Twitter.

Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/

Reddit is a social news site. Users can give the posted links a thumbs up or thumbs down, giving certain links higher popularity than others. The most popular links appear in order of popularity on the Reddit homepage.

Rememble
http://www.rememble.com/

"Rememble is a 'washing line' for your digital bits and pieces. Thread together texts, photos, videos, sounds, scribbles, scans, notes, tweets... so they're not drifting in a digital wasteland." Excellent way to create timelines, as well!

Scribd
http://www.scribd.com/

Easily share your original documents online. "Think of Scribd as a big online library where everyone can publish original content, including you! Part of the idea behind Scribd is that everyone has a lot of documents sitting around on their computers that only they can read." Scribd provides a platform through which you can share your docs with the world!

Second Life
http://www.secondlife.com/

Have you ever wanted to experience a second life on the Internet? Interact with other individuals in a virtual 3-D world in Second Life using an avatar.

Squidoo
http://www.squidoo.com/

Create one-page webpages (also known as "lenses") based on your interests. Collaborate with others in the Squiddo community.

Tumblr
http://www.tumblr.com/

Simple and easy way to "share anything and customize everything." More a tool for digital scrapbooking than for blogging, the things you share at Tumblr can be viewed from any type of web-enabled mobile device. Sign up for a free account and try a different but easy approach to sharing the images, text or web feeds that you love.

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/

If you’re interested in uploading, viewing, sharing and rating video clips contributed by other users, this is the site to visit.