Top Social Networking Sites

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In no particular order and by no means complete: a list of the most popular social sites:

Bookmarking, Networking, News Sites:

Digg – Popular tagging site; incl. videos, images, podcasts.

Facebook – Networking site for everyone.

Reddit – Submit links; share; vote; comment.

Startaid – Save your bookmarks online; view others’ bookmarks and categories; rate bookmarks.

Metafilter – Another popular tagging site; edited and moderated.

Mixx – Submit links; share; vote; comment.

Dzone – Submit links; share; vote; comment. For web developers.

Shoutwire – Submit links; share; vote; comment.

I Am Bored – Submit cool, interesting, or funny links; submissions will be reviewed.

Yigg – German language.

Mister-Wong – German language.

Propeller – Social news tagging site – all topics; comment on news; edited.

Fark: News aggregator site; users comment on articles; submit links to news articles.

Newsvine – Community news site – all topics; discuss news articles or other users’ articles; submit your own articles.

Linkinn – Share photos and videos of offbeat and weird content.

Earthfrisk – Share news, links, photos, network.

Nowpublic – Create your own news stories from your neighborhood and get paid.

Searchles – Share your favorite links and videos.

Plime – Submit links; comment; share; edited.

Truemors – Breaking news or rumors.

Social Media Niche Sites:

GoodReads – Discuss books; post your reading list; see what your friends are reading.

FanFiction – Unleash your imagination and write!

Hypem – Share music from MP3 and music blogs.

Hugg – Treehugger.com’s social news site, focused on "green" news.

StumbleUpon – Recommend and discover new websites.

CafeMom – Very popular mom site.

Socializr – Event sharing.

Design Float – Submit links; share; vote; comment. For web designers.

MeetUp – Find others who share similar interests nearby.

Bebo – Explore great entertainment.

Slashdot – News for nerds; also submit your own stories.

Sphinn – Internet marketing news and discussion.

Autospies – For car enthusiasts; submit stories and vote on them.

ClearStation – For investors.

Kirtsy – Submit links; vote and comment; edited; for women.

Chowhound – For those who love to eat: recipes, stories, boards, places.

Teenwag – For teens; submit site, videos, photos, games; focus on celebrities.

Buzzflash – "A progressive political news website that allows you to submit political stories."

Sphinn – Internet marketing – share news, forum.

Ball Hype – Aggregator site for sports enthusiasts. Videos, photos, news, blogs.

Corkd – For wine enthusiasts.

Showhype – Entertainment celebrity news.

Buzznet – Music, celebrities, movies, pop culture, entertainment.

YCombinator Hacker News – Startups, business and technology.

Small Business Brief – Tag and share small business news.

IndianPad – India and Indian related news.

Muti – African interest or Africa related news.

SWiK – "…a community driven resource for people who use open source software."

C2NN – The news part of this "green" and human rights site lets users submit links to stories; comments; vote.

ILikeTotallyLoveIt.com – Shop for exceptional items that others recommend.

Virb – Share music and videos.

DeviantArt – Share your art and photos.

Flickr – Share your photos.

YouTube – Share your videos.

Yelp – Reviews by city.

DotNetKicks – Open source site for web developers.

Imeem – Share your favorite artists’ music, photos and videos.

Lipstick – Celebrity news.

Aggregator Sites:

FriendFeed – Find out what your friends are posting on social media sites.

LifeStream – A media and social aggregator that will keep you and your friends informed about what you’re doing online at a glance and in realtime.

Micro blogging, Mobil, IM:

Twitter – "What are you doing?"

Jaiku – "Your Conversation"

Social Action Sites:

Note: If you’re planning to sign up your own non-profit on any of the sites that collect donations for your group, be sure to shop around! Fees range from 0% to over 10%. A reasonable fee would be up to around 3 to 4% of your donations to keep your organizations’s page up and be able to collect credit card donations.

SocialVibe – Choose a cause and a sponsor, then add your customized badge to your social networking profiles to earn money for that cause.

Care2PetitionSite – Help make powerful, positive changes in our world.

Change – Connect with likeminded people. Donate or take action and volunteer for projects around the world.

ChangingThePresent – Give a charity gift, by donating to a non-profit.

SocialActions – "Connects individuals with opportunities to take action in an effort to increase the scope and impact of the citizen sector."

DonorsChoose – Teachers ask for classroom project materials; donors pick a project and help out.

GlobalGiving – Connects donors with community-based projects that need support – worlwide.

Idealist – "People and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters…"

Kiva – Micro-lending website: lends directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world in order to alleviate poverty.

ThePoint – Get people to pledge to give money or do something collectively.

VolunteerMatch – Matches volunteers to causes.

Amazee – Share your goals connect with like-minded people.

CharityFocus – Non-profit that hooks up volunteers with a cause.

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