Comments on: 5 More Notable Social Networking Sites, and a Plug for I@SW 2006 http://librarygarden.net/2006/09/03/5-more-notable-social-networking-sites-and-a-plug-for-isw-2006-2/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robert J. Lackie http://librarygarden.net/2006/09/03/5-more-notable-social-networking-sites-and-a-plug-for-isw-2006-2/#comment-5237 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:52:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/09/03/5-more-notable-social-networking-sites-and-a-plug-for-isw-2006-2#comment-5237 Thanks for the NYT article link on orkut–yeah, Brazilians really, really like it, but it’s true that, at least for now, MySpace.com is the cyberspace teen’s choice in the U.S., although at Rider U., Facebook is used a lot. As I said earlier, I love learning about and using social networking/Web 2.0 tools and ideas, but I agree with you–even API’s on some of these sites are not enough. Maybe since the ‘big guys’ in search, techies everywhere, and the business world (in general) are really getting interested in the social Web, more will be done with these social networking sites, too–let’s hope! Thanks for visiting and commenting!

]]> By: Driek http://librarygarden.net/2006/09/03/5-more-notable-social-networking-sites-and-a-plug-for-isw-2006-2/#comment-5236 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:01:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/09/03/5-more-notable-social-networking-sites-and-a-plug-for-isw-2006-2#comment-5236 For the strange story of orkut, see this NYT article. I remember when it was suddenly overrun by the Brazilians – it was a matter of weeks. I don’t think it’ll ever gain marketshare outside Brazil again.

There is a real danger of a new balkanization happening on the net. Just as hi5 is big in South America, so is Hyves over here, to the extent that I doubt MySpace will ever get a chance. Meanwhile, we’re missing open standards to connect between these social sites. Some may have API’s, but that’s hardly going to cut it.

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