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23-Mar-10 23:55
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john2010 john2010's avatar Rank: none
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Hi all,i was a bit confused on differentiating among social networking site and social bookmarking site
So please give your ideas and suggestions on this

Thanks in advance

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25-Mar-10 23:38
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matt matt's avatar Rank: gold
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Great question John! It is a bit of a blurred line in my opinion. Some sites are more to do with bookmarking, some are more networking, and many are a mixture of both.

I see it as a continuum:

delicious: predominantly bookmarking

stumbleupon: bookmarking, but with more of a social networking aspect than delicious

digg, reddit, slashdot, twitter: more about news sharing

facebook: predominantly social networking

What do you think?

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26-Mar-10 04:19
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simon simon's avatar Rank: gold
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Hi John,

I see it like this I think (with my characteristic simple-minded approach):

Social Bookmarking = Information = delicious, stumbleupon, digg, reddit

Social Networking = Talking = Facebook, Bebo et al

Twitter I see as somewhere in between these.

Simon

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