​ The information designer Nicholas Felton [former facebook employee] likes data: the more data, the better. That’s why for a number of years, he has released a compilation of information that he has collected and analyzed about himself, including where he’s gone, the books he’s read and whom he’s talked to." A Life in Data: Nicholas Felton's Self-Surveillance By AXEL GERDAU ​

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Are We Addicted To TikTok? Experts Seem To Think So!

by Catherine Davis, October 4th, 2022
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Listen & Study Services' Commentary:

The word, 'Addiction' has such a negative connotation that I'm not sure it should be used to describe those who can't stop using Social Media since the expert, who was interviewed by Fox News, isn't saying TikTok users need to quit cold turkey as illicit drug addicts do; since it is imperative that they immediately stop using drugs. Headlee only suggested TikTok users ease up on using the social media app.

​​The author Fox News Digital interviewed is Celeste Headlee who wrote the book titled,

 'Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving.'

Headlee encouraged those who may be looking to pull back on their TikTok use to remember that the effort will be about "literally breaking an addiction."

Let's say that maybe the experts are onto something here! Still, what's the big deal about being addicted to TikTok? I mean, "Can a person go through withdrawals if they stop watching For You videos?" (I'm laughing here...) but, I seriously want to know the answer to this question.

​According to this Fox News article, it's widely believed that its (TikTok's) users are finding it hard to stop using the app:

"indulgers are having a hard time kicking the habit, as has been widely reported." Wow! We're addicts! We're hooked on dopamine?

What, no poll?

That's so interesting that TikTok pushed right past Facebook in popularity! So we are more addicted to TikTok than any other Social Media, Headlee implied as she never said another Social Media Giant (I already mentioned one of them above) was highly addictive. She made such a situation sound urgent too! Also, she explained how TikTok understands what causes humans to become glued to their cell phones. So it (TikTok) uses its algorithms to send content just for the individual to keep that person tuned in for hours and hours when he or she should be doing more important things.

Remarks about this topic from two websites: 

1) Tikktok-surpasses-google-facebook-as-worlds-most-popular-web-destination/?sh=56ca025e43ef

2) Rise-of-TikTok-why-facebook-is-worried-booming-social-app

3) Tiktok-surpasses-google-facebook-as-worlds-most-popular-web-destination
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TikTok owner stated that Teens are the primary users of TikTok, so does that mean that older people are less addicted to the app than them? I guess that's not important to some of us, but I think he should have drawn attention to that problem because of their impressionable minds. After all, they are spending excessive unhealthy amounts of time on TikTok according to experts who have proven this to be true. ​

​At the end of the day, it's not good to go one extreme or another. In other words, every Social Media user needs to cage when he or she is spending too much time online and if that time is hurting their life.

​Anti Disinformation Bills Could Hinder Ecommerce

by Catherine Davis, Nay 24th, 2022
Founder @L&SS-IS
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That's according to Conservatives fighting against the passing of Big Tech bills which would stop any and all disinformation, originating from businesses, from being spread across social media platforms and causing harm to Big Businesses.

The problem they foresee is that the bills themselves would introduce legislation that would include stiff government control over businesses to the point their ecommerce would start to rapidly decline once they stop expressing their opinions. That situation, in turn, would then affect their company's bottom-line and profits.

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The Antitrust Laws | Federal Trade Commission
https://www.ftc.gov/.../antitrust-lawsThe Antitrust Laws Congress passed the first antitrust law, the Sherman Act, in 1890 as a "comprehensive charter of economic liberty aimed at preserving free and unfettered competition as the rule of trade." In 1914, Congress passed two additional antitrust laws: the Federal Trade Commission Act, which created the FTC, and the Clayton Act.

Conservatives fear censorship of what they consider 'company opinion' and what they would be allowed to say publicly would be dictated to them by those anti-disinformation bills should they become law! And, depending on who's complaining about what companies are saying, censorship would then be applied and those companies would be sued for antitrust violations!

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​Facebook, Twitter restricted in Russia over fact-checking, ad blocks
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Feb 27, 2022

The Russian government was not playing when its president abruptly restricted Facebook and Twitter in the country. These two Social Media Giants were restricted but not banned completely because of their censorship of Russia's constant propaganda spewing on their platforms. Russia felt Fact-Checkers were limiting what it's people had to say regarding why Russia had no choice but to attack the Ukraine. 

Russia also complained about Ad Blockers. I don't know much about how this works on Facebook or Twitter. I'm guessing All Russian Ads placed on both SM's were blocked. 

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​🚨 WARNING: ZOOM IS A
​SERIOUS RISK TO YOUR PRIVACY
​April 29th, 2020

(UPDATE: Feb 26, 2022 below):

​​If you are similar to me, you want to know a variety of ways to stay in touch with family and friends even before the pandemic shelter-in-place laws.

I was actually thinking about using 'Zoom' about a week ago. I signed up to use its services. 

Zoom struck me as a very professional platform (but looks can be deceiving) which left me feeling comfortable enough to allow it to access contacts on my phone. 

Now, I'm thinking rather or not I want to go through fighting hackers and scammers off my Zoom account. That thought sounds discouraging. So, I'm leaning towards skipping Zoom, at least for now.

Here we are in 2022, and I've been utilizing Zoom conference for over a year since I wrote about the Zoom Bombings (people chimed in on private Zoom calls). So far, I haven't seen any problems... I hope it's been the same for you! 

Now, Zoom has to pay all those affected by breached Zoom calls which violated their privacy.

``WARNING: ZOOM IS A SERIOUS RISK TO YOUR PRIVACY🚨
While the world has been isolated these past few weeks, the video-conferencing service Zoom has skyrocketed in popularity.📈
However, with Zoom's meteoric rise, it's important for you to be aware that Zoom has MANY serious privacy and security vulnerabilities.
*Here are just a few of Zoom's privacy mishaps from the last 2 weeks:*
**April 13: 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums**
https://www.cnet.com/…/zoom-every-security-issue-uncovered…/
**April 3: Thousands of recordings of Zoom video calls were left unprotected and viewable on the open web**
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/thousands-zoom-video-call…/
**April 1: Zoom was sued for sharing user data with Facebook without users' permission**
https://www.cbsnews.com/…/zoom-app-personal-data-selling-f…/
**April 1: Zoom was caught leaking peoples' email addresses and photos to strangers**
https://www.vice.com/…/…/zoom-leaking-email-addresses-photos
**Due to Zoom's security flaws, the U.S. Senate, Google, Apple, and other companies have banned employees from using the service,** and multiple attorneys general are now investigating Zoom's privacy practices:
https://www.politico.com/…/multiple-state-ags-looking-into-…

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Academia.edu Social networking site for academics/researchers September 2008 About.me Social networking site October 2009  aNobii Books 2006. Anime.com  Asian American community 1997 aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite world-wide March 2004 Athlinks Running, Swimming 2001 BlackPlanet Black Americans 09/01/99 Blogging community 11/24/05 Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) 05/16/08 Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005 CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery. Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 1995  CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit.2003 CozyCotwomen 2001 Crunchyroll Anime and forums. 2006  Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea. 02/13/09 DailyStrength Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups 11/04/07 delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests September 2003 deviantART Art community08/07/00 Diaspora* Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source)November 2010 didlr Drawing service. Disaboom People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities) 
Dol2day Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries). DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK). Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU). douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. 2000[69] Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. 
Elixio Business executives jet set and global elite. July 2007 English, baby! Students and teachers of English as a second language 2000 Epernicus For research scientist. eToro Social Investing, Finance May 2007 Experience Project Life experiences Exploroo Travel Social Networking. Facebook General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps. February 2004 Faceparty General. Popular UK. Faces.com Adult Social Network, Mainly UK & USA 2011 FilmAffinity Movies and TV Series 2002 Filmow Movies and TV Series 2009 FledgeWing Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students Flixster Movies 2007 Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide February 2004 Focus.com Business to Business, worldwide 2005 Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. October 1998 Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain 2002 Foursquare Location based mobile social network 2009 Friendica Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general 
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets July 2000 Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world 2002 Frühstückstreff General July 2001 Fuelmyblog Blogging community July 2007 FullCircle. Geosocial networking and location-based services portal for mobile devices April 2009 Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. GamerDNA Computer and video games 09/21/06 Gapyear.com Travel social network July 1998 Gather.comArticle, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 
Geni.com Families, genealogy 01/16/07 GetGlue Social network for entertainment 10/28/08 Gogoyoko Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers 
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers December 2006 Goodwizz Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. October 2010 Google+ General 06/28/11 GovLoop For people in and around government 
Grono.net Poland. Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. August 2000 hi5 General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. 2003 Hospitality Club Hospitality. Hotlist Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friends are, were, and will be. HR.com Social networking site for Human Resources professionals 1999 Hub Culture Global influencers focused on worth creation November 2002 Hyves General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. September 2004 Ibibo Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. Identi.ca Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. Indaba Music Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. Instagram A photo and video sharing site October 2010. IRC-Galleria Finland. italki.com Language learning social network. 100+ languages. Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows iWiW Hungary 04/14/02 Jaiku General. Microblogging. Owned by Google February 2006 Jiepang. Location based mobile social network in Chinese language 2010. Kaixin001 General in Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users. Kiwibox General. 1999 Lafango Talent-Focused media sharing site 
LaiBhaari Marathi social networking 2010. Last.fm Music 2002. LibraryThing Book lovers 08/29/05. Lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies 
LinkedIn Business and professional networking May 2003. LinkExpats Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. 
Listography Lists. Autobiography LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. 04/15/99. Livemocha Online language learning Makeoutclub General 08/09/99 MEETin General Meetup (website) General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities. Meettheboss Business and Finance community, worldwide. mixi - Japan 10/25/00. MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 2005. MOG Music MouthShut.com Social Network, social media, consumer reviews Mubi Auteur cinema. MyHeritage family-oriented social network service. MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch formerly Reunion.com). My Opera Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. Myspace General August 2003. Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[212] 
Nexopia Canada. Notoverthehill.com For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond.
NGO Post Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India. Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks 2005 (Networks 2007) Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates - Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc - Popular in India and Brazil.
PatientsLikeMe Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients like them, share their data with others, and learn more about their condition to improve their outcome 2006. Partyflock Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music 11/10/01 Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts. Pinterest Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love 2011. Plaxo Aggregator. Playfire Computer and video games Playlist.com General, Music. Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates -Very popular in Taiwan. 
Poolwo Social networking site from India 01/07/14. Qzone General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users. Raptr Video games 
Ravelry Knitting and crochet Renren Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. 
ReverbNation.com Social network for musician and bands Ryze Business ScienceStage Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists. Sgrouples General, with focus on privacy rights 05/16/12. ShareTheMusic Music Community - Sharing and listening to music for free and legally. Shelfari Books 10/11/06. Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in Mainland China. 08/14/09. Skoob Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers 2009. Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world. SocialVibe Social Network for Charity. Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 
SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking. Spaces Russian Social Network targeted to mobile phone users. 
Spring.me Social network for meeting people September 2013. Stage 32 US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater February 2012. StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schülerVZ and meinVZ. Students Circle Network A Social Network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces - December 2010. StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests. Tagged General - October 2004. Talkbiznow Business networking. Taltopia Online artistic community. Taringa! General (primarily Argentina). TeachStreet Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects. TermWiki Learning / Languages / Translation - 1.2m terms in more than 1300 subjects May 2010. The Sphere A Private Online Social Luxury Network with Exclusive Personalized Services December 2008. TravBuddy.com Travel 2005. Travellerspoint Travel 2002. tribe.net General 
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com. Tuenti Spanish-based university and High School social network. 
Tumblr Microblogging platform and Social Networking Website. Twitter General- Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 07/15/06. Tylted Mobile social game network[303] 2007. Vkontakte General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics September 2006. Viadeo Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.  Vox Blogging.Wattpad For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing. WAYN Travel and lifestyle May 2003. WeeWorld Teenagers - 9 to 17. We Heart It Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity 2008. Wellwer Community without borders, where sharing is everything - September 2011. WeOurFamily General with emphasis on privacy and security. Wepolls.com Social polling network. 
Wer-kennt-wen General. weRead Books June 2007. Wiser.org Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[326] April 2007. Wooxie Blogging and micro-blogging. Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas Unknown XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)). Xt3 Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008.  
Yammer Social networking for office colleagues 2008 Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk. Zoo.gr Greek Web Meeting point 2004 Zooppa 

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Wikipedia links -- 43 Things Goal setting and achievement 01/01/05 Academia.edu Social networking site for academics/researchers September 2008 About.me Social networking site October 2009 Advogato Free and open source software developers 1999 aNobii Books 2006 AsianAvenue A social network for the Asian American community 1997 aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite world-wide March 2004 Athlinks Running, Swimming 2001 Audimated.com Independent music 2010 Bebo General July 2005 BlackPlanet Black Americans 09/01/99 Blauk Anyone who wants to tell something about a stranger or acquaintance. 2010 Blogging community 11/24/05 Busuu Language learning community (headquartered in Madrid, Spain) 05/16/08 Buzznet Music and pop-culture 2005 CafeMom Mothers December 2006 Care2 Green living and social activism 1998 CaringBridge Not for profit providing free websites that connect family and friends during a serious health event, care and recovery.[34]
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 1995 Cloob General. Popular in Iran 2004 CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the communities they visit. 2003 CozyCot East Asian and Southeast Asian women 2001 Cross.tv Faith Based social network for Christian believers from around the world 2008 Crunchyroll Anime and forums. 2006 Cucumbertown Networking for Cooks 2012 Cyworld General. Popular in South Korea. 02/13/09 DailyStrength Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups 11/04/07 delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests September 2003 deviantART Art community 08/07/00 Diaspora* Decentralized, privacy aware, general (open source) November 2010 didlr Drawing service
Disaboom People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities)
Dol2day Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries)
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK)
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU)
douban Chinese Web 2.0 website providing user review and recommendation services for movies, books, and music. 2000[69] Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi.
Elixio Business executives jet set and global elite. July 2007 English, baby! Students and teachers of English as a second language 2000 Epernicus For research scientistsn. eToro Social Investing, Finance May 2007 Experience Project Life experiences
Exploroo Travel Social Networking.
Facebook General: Photos, Videos, Blogs, Apps. February 2004 Faceparty General. Popular UK. Faces.com Adult Social Network, Mainly UK & USA 2011 FilmAffinity Movies and TV Series 2002 Filmow Movies and TV Series 2009 FledgeWing Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students Flixster Movies 2007 Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide February 2004 Focus.com Business to Business, worldwide 2005Fotki Photo sharing, video hosting, photo contests, journals, forums, flexible privacy protection, friend's feed, audio comments and unlimited custom design integration. October 1998 Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain 2002 Foursquare Location based mobile social network 2009 Friendica Distributed, federated, privacy aware, open source, general 
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets July 2000 Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world2002 Frühstückstreff General July 2001 FuelmyblogBlogging community July 2007 FullCircle. Geosocial networking and location-based services portal for mobile devices April 2009 Gaia Online Anime and games. Popular in USA, Canada and Europe. Moderately popular around Asia. GamerDNA Computer and video games 09/21/06Gapyear.com Travel social network July 1998 Gather.comArticle, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 
Geni.com Families, genealogy 01/16/07 GetGlue Social network for entertainment 10/28/08 Gogoyoko Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers 
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers December 2006 Goodwizz Social network with matchmaking and personality games to find new contacts. Global, based in France. October 2010 Google+ General 06/28/11GovLoop For people in and around government 
Grono.net Poland 
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. August 2000 hi5General. Popular in Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa, Portugal and Latin America. Not very popular in the USA. 2003 Hospitality Club Hospitality 
Hotlist Geo-Social Aggregator rooted in the concept of knowing where users' friends are, were, and will be. HR.com Social networking site for Human Resources professionals 1999 Hub Culture Global influencers focused on worth creation November 2002 Hyves General, mostly popular in the Netherlands. September 2004 IbiboTalent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. Identi.ca Twitter-like service popular with hackers and software freedom advocates. 
Indaba Music Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. 
Instagram A photo and video sharing site October 2010IRC-Galleria Finland 
italki.com Language learning social network. 100+ languages. 
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-showsiWiW Hungary 04/14/02 Jaiku General. Microblogging. Owned by Google February 2006 Jiepang Location based mobile social network. In Chinese language 2010Kaixin001 General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users 
Kiwibox General. 1999 Lafango Talent-Focused media sharing site 
LaiBhaari Marathi social networking 2010 Last.fm Music 2002 LibraryThing Book lovers 08/29/05 Lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies 
LinkedIn Business and professional networking May 2003LinkExpats Social networking website for expatriates. 100+ countries. 
Listography Lists. Autobiography. LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. 04/15/99 LivemochaOnline language learning Makeoutclub General 08/09/99 MEETin General Meetup (website) General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities Meettheboss Business and Finance community, worldwide. mixi Japan 10/25/00MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 2005 MOGMusic MouthShut.com Social Network, social media, consumer reviews Mubi Auteur cinema.

MyHeritage family-oriented social network service 
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) 
My Opera Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing, connecting with friends, Opera Link and Opera Unite. 
Global Myspace General August 2003 Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland 
Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[212] 
Nexopia Canada. Notoverthehill.com For baby boomers and mature internet users age 40 and beyond. 
NGO Post Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India 
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks 2005 (Networks 2007) Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998 1998 Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in India and Brazil.
PatientsLikeMe Online community for patients with life-changing illnesses to find other patients like them, share their data with others, and learn more about their condition to improve their outcome. 2006 Partyflock Dutch virtual community for people interested in house music and other electronic dance music 11/10/01 Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts
Pinterest Online pinboard for organizing and sharing things you love 2011 Plaxo Aggregator
Playfire Computer and video games
Playlist.com General, Music
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan
Poolwo Social networking site from India 01/07/14 Qapacity A business-oriented social networking site and a business directory.    
Qzone General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users
Raptr Video games
Ravelry Knitting and crochet
Renren Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009.
ReverbNation.com Social network for musician and bands
Ryze Business
ScienceStage Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists
Sgrouples General, with focus on privacy rights 05/16/12 ShareTheMusic Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally
Shelfari Books 10/11/06 Sina Weibo Social microblogging site in Mainland China. 08/14/09 Skoob Collaborative social network for Brazilian readers 2009 Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world
SocialVibe Social Network for Charity
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions.
SoundCloud Repository of original music pieces and networking.
Spaces Russian Social Network targeted to mobile phone users
Spring.me Social network for meeting people September 2013 Stage 32 US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals in film, television and theater February 2012 Stickam Live video streaming and chat.
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schülerVZ and meinVZ.
Students Circle Network A Social Network connecting students, teachers and institutions to course resources, study groups and learning spaces. December 2010 StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match users' selected interests
Tagged General. October 2004 Talkbiznow Business networking
Taltopia Online artistic community
Taringa! General (primarily Argentina)
TeachStreet Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects
TermWiki Learning / Languages / Translation - 1.2m terms in more than 1300 subjects May 2010 The Sphere A Private Online Social Luxury Network with Exclusive Personalized Services December 2008 TravBuddy.com Travel 2005 Travellerspoint Travel 2002 tribe.net General
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com
Tuenti Spanish-based university and High School social network.
Tumblr Microblogging platform and Social Networking Website.
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 07/15/06 Tylted Mobile social game network[303] 2007 Vkontakte General, including music upload, listening and search. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics. September 2006 Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture 1999 Viadeo Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Virb Social network that focuses heavily on artists, including musicians and photographers 2007 Vox Blogging
Wattpad For readers and authors to interact & e-book sharing
WAYN Travel and lifestyle May 2003 WeeWorld Teenagers - 9 to 17
We Heart It Image-based social network focused on inspiration, expression and creativity 2008 Wellwer Community without borders, where sharing is everything. September 2011 WeOurFamily General with emphasis on privacy and security
Wepolls.com Social polling network
Wer-kennt-wen General
weRead Books June 2007 Wiser.org Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[326] April 2007 Wooxie Blogging and micro-blogging
WriteAPrisoner.com Site networking inmates, friends, family September 2000 Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas Unknown XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland))
Xt3 Catholic social networking, created for World Youth Day 2008
Yammer Social networking for office colleagues 2008 Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk
Zoo.gr Greek Web Meeting point 2004 Zooppa 

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