Thing #21: Other Social Networks

I had not visited any of these sites before today. I had heard of Gather. It seems like beta vs. VHS all over again. Facebook is winning when it comes to attracting adults, though Gather seems to be more Audi or Lexus than Chevrolet.

I see the value of the 23 Things group on Ning, so you can meet your peers and help you through the Things. However, I do think people will gravitate to one network more than not, and perhaps just be in more groups on that one site.

I am on a couple of small message boards that are private, and I socially network with the 250 people or so on those boards. Between those and Facebook, I am over-socially-networked. One of those is a geocaching network, of course. Oh, one more geocaching item of note: I posted a photo of myself with two other geocaching librarians on my Ning account.

I don't have an interest in joing more networks. I am late to the game on Ning, and I see that my peers have not used the site in quite some time.


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