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Thread ID: 81460 2007-07-28 07:10:00 Growing a network of people from a social networking page barryk (8612) Press F1
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573466 2007-07-28 07:10:00 What are effective methods to grow a network of people from a social networking page?

What is a good social networking site to set up a social networking page on? Facebook? My MSN Space? MySpace? Bebo?

Are there books written about how to set up effective social networking pages and how to grow a network of people around these webpages?
barryk (8612)
573467 2007-07-28 07:28:00 There probably are books written about it although generally social networking sites are the brain child's of US college students living in San Francisco where a lot of the great ideas come from.
If you want a book you could try looking in Borders, Amazon.com or possibly the library (if you just want to loan one)
winmacguy (3367)
573468 2007-07-28 07:35:00 Social network? Find friends in RL and add them... best way to begin.
Also, dont go adding members of the opposite gender and putting them on your top 16 friends list just because you find them attractive.

What are you wanting to Social network for? Business? Meet friends? Dating?

MySpace or Bebo are biggest in NZ.
Chilling_Silence (9)
573469 2007-07-28 07:43:00 It also depends on what age range you are looking at.

If someone is younger, and isnt so computer literate, bebo is probably going to be what they use. I know that, that is the reason i joined bebo, i had only used myspace in the past.
Dannz (1668)
573470 2007-07-28 12:14:00 I think Internet-based social networking is a growing trend, celebrities are using it as a communications channel with fans .

I'm looking at it as one of several possible ways of setting up a cookery club for people who are interested in cookery . I am having difficulties finding a North Shore based cookery club, I see plenty of cookery books and cookery products but not a cookery club .

Yes, there are cookery training courses but these are not really clubs .

I lived in England for six months and learnt good networking skills from there .
barryk (8612)
573471 2007-07-28 12:57:00 Ahh, funny you should mention cookery in relation to online social networks because cookery has become quite a popular niche social network website subject. A few off the top of my head that I've come across in the last few weeks include

Chow (http://www.chow.com/) - Nice site, has a good dose of social-ness.

BakeSpace (www.bakespace.com/) - Apparently the MySpace of baking

Allrecipes > NZ (allrecipes.com) - Theres a good bunch of kiwis sharing cooking tips over here, this is probably the most relevant site for you.

What's Cooking Grandma (www.humanbeans.net) - Bonus site, not exactly socnet related. Video of grandmas cooking, good stuff.
sal (67)
573472 2007-07-28 23:00:00 I use TRIBE SurferJoe46 (51)
573473 2007-07-31 07:03:00 I use TRIBE

Do you mean http://tribe.net?
barryk (8612)
573474 2007-07-31 17:26:00 Prolly...but that link took me to a very strange site on tribe...odd! SurferJoe46 (51)
573475 2007-07-31 17:54:00 I dont like my space as it is very over populated. I like the msn spaces though. Very easy to use and lots of control. rob_on_guitar (4196)
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