Title |
Community |
Registration |
|---|---|---|
43 Things |
Goals and dreaming |
None to browse, Required to post |
Buzznet |
Music and pop culture |
13 years and older |
Facebook |
Started for colleges, then high school, and now everyone |
13 years and older |
Friendster |
Connecting old and new friends |
16 years and older |
Imbee |
2007 Web 2.0 award winner |
8-12 years w/parents’ permission |
LibraryThing |
Store and share book lists |
None, but for-fee upgrade available |
LinkedIn |
Business oriented |
Required |
Shelfari |
Online community for book lovers |
Open |
The Student Center |
Teens and college age |
13 years and older |
Websites for Heroes |
Military families |
Required, fee-based service |
Whyville |
For the 8-15 audience |
Required w/parents’ permission |
Windows Live Spaces |
Formerly MSN Spaces |
Open |
Xanga |
Community of online diaries/journals |
Open |
Linked to Yahoo IDs |
Open to those 18 and older |
For a longer list, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites.
For some very helpful hints on using social networks, please see
For more information about safety online, visit http://www.wiredsafety.org/.
Here is a review of some kid-friendly social networks http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6348&page=1.