Are there any good style guides or the like for making an attractive online social network personal-page?
For those who post on such sites pseudonymously; what do you do to keep the flow of information going without rendering yourself too identifiable?
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Originally Posted by Ilya  You can achieve your goals on a social network where there are "communities" (whatever they a called). There should be groups of people who share the similar interest. For your purpose any forum, yahoo or google group, livejournal, will do, even though they are not web2.0 social networks. Once you have some friends in one of those or similar places, just ask if they have an account on Facebook, or MySpace and use them to start your own social network.
If you are able to communicate under your own name, it will make the transition to sites like facebook easier, since there people tend not to use nicknames. |
Thanks, Ilya. I'm not sure what I'm going to do if it's by existing interest; I've encountered a few betrayals recently and am starting to realize that my interests are putting me around the kinds of people I don't want to be around. Basically I'm looking for a direct link to demographics I
wouldn't encounter in week-to-week life. (Sounds strange given how stuff in common is important with finding new people, but that's what I had been thinking of looking for.)
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Originally Posted by Michael Chui Look for mid-tier social network sites.
Most social networks are actually "A friend invited me and now we're all on here and we talk a lot." MySpace and Facebook are examples. You don't meet people there.
There are social networks that are dedicated to introducing you to new people. Do you have any niche interests? Try doing a google search on that, plus "social network" and you might find something.
Check out Ning. |
Thanks, Michael. Basically that was what I was afraid of regarding joining something like MySpace or FaceBook. What are tiers?
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Originally Posted by ixmatus All of the mentioned ones are cool (I use facebook), but like others have said, they are geared towards finding and socializing with already established friends - or people you meet through your friends.
A few cool sites that seem more like what you are talking about, try these: Tribe 43 Things Instructables
The last one is more of a DIY'ers social networking site - but, I find it alot of fun to just participate in the discussions of certain projects, is definitely a very social site.
Tribe will probably be your best bet, I like the concept alot and the people are fun.
43 Things is also a cool concept and uses social networking around a '43 things I want to do' list concept (should appeal to Pavlina goers). |
Thanks, Ixmatus.
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Originally Posted by justkira Hi there,
what kind of 'new people' would you like to meet? in other words, what do you want to have in common with these 'new people', eg location, school, hobby,...?
On FB you can put as much info up as you desire.
Looking fwd to your reply.
Kira |
Hi Justkira, this one's a tough one for reasons I mentioned in replying to Ilya; probably location for a core few, and the rest in farther-away places or other cities. For a few (but not a majority) a hobby or the like in common, but I've been finding that some of my hobbies and interests are putting me around the wrong kinds of people.