Friends/ While Bebo, Facebook, Bebo, hi5, MySpace, and Orkut, are among the better known general online social networks, there is an ever-increasing number of online networks that have emerged for and within a wide variety of communities. I am greatly interested in learning of Online Social Networks in These And/Or Other Communities BTW: I Am Aware Of Many Other Communities With Online Social Networks But Am Asking The Web Communities For Their Suggestions. ACADEME AND EDUCATION academici Classroom 2.0 EduSpaces OpenAcademic AFRICAN-AMERICANS BlackPlanet BOOMERS Boomj Eons Second Prime Time BUSINESS LinkedIn Ryze Spoke XING GAY/LESBIAN/TRANS-GENDER OUTeverywhere RELIGION MeeJew MyChurch Muslim Spaces RESEARCHERS AND SCHOLARS 2collab Nature Network Pronetos: The Social Network For Scholars I am also interested in Major Web Sites That Have Compiled A Listing of Online Social Network Sites/Services As Well As Any/All Associated Literature. BTW: I am aware of Social Networking Services Meta List made available on thesocialsoftwareweblog (but it's dated) and of course List of Social Networking Websites from Wikipedia And Recently Learned About SOCIAL NETWORKING GOD: 350+ Social Networking Sites BTW-2: I am also aware of the Ning-based online social networks and Second Life ***PLEASE POST YOUR NOMINATIONS AS A COMMENT ON THE _FRIENDS_ BLOG*** AT [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/03/not-just-facebook-online-so... <http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/03/not-just-facebook-online-social.html> ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq <http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq> ] Thanks! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck at iastate.edu <http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/web4lib> There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ <http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/> ]