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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The Irony: MySpace Okay, so in my previous paragraph, I mention that you should be an early adopter of social networks. However, I joined MySpace in 2006 to network with individuals who refused to use Facebook and to return to my liberal ways of accepting a lot more friend requests than I normally would. > click.

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R.I.P. Friendster

Ari Herzog

A vertical listing of my avatar, biographical data, friends’ comments, and links to their profiles encompassed Friendster’s simplicity. When the news feed arrived at Facebook , Friendster (and Myspace) began to die. Here’s a screenshot of the first half of my profile : I joined Friendster in July 2003. And so it goes.

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Twitter is Dead Pls RT

Taylor Marek

Remember MySpace? I remember when Myspace was “talked up&# all the time in mainstream news, whether it was good or bad. Sure, the media shined more of a negative light on myspace, which accounts for most of the traffic, but the instant myspace hit the airwaves and everybody heard about it is when it hit its high point.

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#95: Now is the Hour, 5 Branding Mistakes, and Facebook breaks 250.

Taylor Marek

link] Technology : Facebook breaks 250 million Facebook has broken 250 million users and is crushing MySpace in terms of page views, you’ll want to listen to this one! Business : 5 Branding Mistakes Don’t make the same mistakes when building your brand. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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15 Tips To Optimize Your LinkedIn Initiative

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Remember, you’re not on Facebook, Google+, or MySpace here – this is a social network for business professionals. Worse again is using a photograph that looks totally different to your photograph on Facebook or Twitter avatars. Only interact in a professional manner with other users. Like this post?

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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

Buzz Marketing for Technology

ve all heard of MySpace and Facebook , and while those are great ways to connect with friends and colleagues, an even better place to start is a social network with a focus, like Ning. Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!). There are quite a few networks on Ning that center around teaching and learning.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Even though we're all just the text of our name or a simple avatar/pic to each other, we're all real people inside. You MUST ask and answer this question, and develop appropriate calls to action accordingly. As mentioned in my post about blog success metrics , if you cover a very wide topical area, subscriptions are less likely).