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. I am also aware of the Ning-based online social networks ***PLEASE POST YOUR NOMINATIONS AS A COMMENT ON THIS BLOG*** AT [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/03/not-just-facebook-online-so... ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq ] Thanks! Happy Monday! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]