Hi i want a young academic that loves social newtorking to join these sites and tell me whats good and bad about each one ...which has the best features and the write a document outlinging which features from each i should adopt for my new site- i will send an outline of my new site to the winner - this will form the bases of a scoping document
Name Description/Focus User count Registration
43 Things Goal and Dreams; Tagging 1,007,433[1] Open
Advogato Free software and open source developers 11,000[2] Open
Amina - Chechen Republic Online Chechens 3,500+[3] Open
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite 150,000[4] Invite-only
Badoo European young adults 12,000,000[5] Open
Bebo Schools and colleges 34,000,000[6] Open
BlackPlanet African-Americans 16,000,000[7] Open
Blue Dot Link sharing 80,000[8] Open
[login to view URL] Video sharing and webcam chat 26,000,000[9] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 500,000+[10] Open
CarDomain Car enthusiasts 1,600,000[11] Open
Care2 Green living and social activism 7,744,297[12] Open
[login to view URL] School, college, work and the military 40,000,000[13] Open
Consumating "Consumeetings" 21,000[14] Open
CouchSurfing Hospitality 281,000[15] Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans 21,200,000[16] Open
Dandelife Collective narratives or "shared biographies" Unknown Open
Dodgeball Mobile location-based service, owned by Google Unknown[17] Open
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) 235,000+[18] Open
Doostang Careers 173,000[19] Invite-only
eCRUSH Teens 4,400,000[20] Open
Experience Project Life experiences Unknown Open
Facebook Started for colleges, then high schools, and now everyone. 39,000,000[21] Open
Faceparty British teens and young adults 5,900,000[22] Open to people 16 and older.
Flickr Photo sharing 4,000,000[23] Open (Yahoo! login)
Flirtomatic Flirting/Dating 265,000[24] Open to people 18 and older.
Fotki Photo sharing 1,000,000[25] Open
Fotolog Photoblogging 9,000,000[26] Open
Friends Reunited School, college, work, sport and streets 19,000,000[27] Open
Friendster General 50,000,000[28] Open
Frühstückstreff General 11,600[29] Open
Gaia Online Anime and games 9,300,000[30] Open
Gather Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 360,000[31] Open
[login to view URL] Families, genealogy 100,000[32] Open
[login to view URL] School, college, and work 650,000[33] Open
[login to view URL] Poland 1,350,000[34] Invite-only
GuildCafe Online games Unknown Open
hi5 General 50,000,000[35] Open
Hyves General Dutch social networking website 3,266,581[36] Open
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs 16,000,000[37] Open
IRC-Galleria Finland 400,000[38] Open
iWiW Hungary 2,600,000[39] Invite-only
Jaiku General Unknown[40] Open
Joga Bonito Football (soccer) Unknown Open
[login to view URL] Music 15,000,000[41] Open
LibraryThing Book lovers 214,425[42] Open
LinkedIn Business 15,000,000[43] Open
LiveJournal Blogging 12,900,000[44] Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm Sweden 1,200,000[45] Open
MEETin General 72,000[46] Open
[login to view URL] General 2,000,000[47] Open
[login to view URL] Latinos 3,600,000[48] Open
Mixi Japan 9,830,000[49] Invite-only
MOG Music Unknown Open
Multiply "Real world" relationships 5,000,000[50] Open
MyChurch Christian Churches 70,306[51] Open
My Opera Community General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) 1,001,798[52] Open
MySpace General 200,000,000[53] Open
myYearbook General 950,000[54] Open
Netlog Formerly known as Facebox. 24,000,000[55] Open
Nexopia Canada 1,158,531[56] Open
Ning Social network creation Unknown Open
OkCupid Dating Unknown Open
Operator11 Collaborative Video Unknown Open
orkut Owned by Google. Popular in Greenland, Brazil and India. 67,962,551[57] Open (Google login)
OUTeverywhere Gay Unknown Open
Passado General 4,700,000[58] Open
Piczo Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing 10,000,000[59] Open
Playahead Swedish teenagers 530,000[60] Open
Playtxt Mobile social network, location, worldwide 70,000 Open
ProfileHeaven British teens 100,000[61] Open
Pownce Moblog for websites, files, and short updates Unknown Invite-only
RateItAll General (consumer ratings) Unknown[62] Open
[login to view URL] Locating friends and family, keeping in touch 28,000,000[63] Open
Ryze Business 250,000[64] Open
Searchles Social search and networking Unknown[65] Open
Sconex American high schools 500,000[66] Open
Sermo Physicians 20,000[67] Open only to registered D.O.s and M.D.s in the U.S.A.
sexi Japan (sexual networking site) 60,000[68] Invite-only
Shelfari Books Unknown Open
Skyrock Blog France, Belgium, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Senegal 3,800,000[69] Open
Snooth Wine Unknown Open
Soundpedia Music 3,500,000[70] Open
Sportsvite Recreational sports 18,000[71] Open
Studivz University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries 2,400,000[72] Open
StumbleUpon Websurfing 3,200,000[73] Open
[login to view URL] General 30,000,000[74] Open
TagWorld General (tagging) 1,850,692[75] Open
TakingITGlobal Social action 145,000[76] Open
The Student Center Teens and colleges 800,000[77] Open
Threadless Custom T-shirts 364,474 Open
[login to view URL] Travel 760,000[78] Open
Travellerspoint Travel 105,000[79] Open
[login to view URL] General 602,876 [80] Open
Twitter General Unknown[81] Open
Vox Blogging Unknown Open
WAYN Travel and lifestyle 8,000,000[82] Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography Unknown[83]
WeeWorld General (cartoons) 1,700,000[84] open
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000[85] Open
Woophy travel & photography, photo sharing website 20,000[86] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 40,000,000[87] Open
XING Business 4,000,000[88] Open
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs 4,700,000[89] Open to people 18 and older, (Yahoo! login)
Yahoo! Mash Yahoo's new SNS - Still in beta Unknown[90] invite only while in beta
Zooomr Universal photo sharing Unknown[91] Open (OpenID)
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