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Facebook blasphemy: Pakistani man sentenced to death for speaking against the Prophet Mohammad

I am trying to understand what Muslims mean when they say that Westerners think their religion is not as peaceful as they lead us to believe.

Well, this news article is one prime example of Western opinion about this 'Peaceful Religion'. It isn't difficult to comprehend how one could arrive at the thought of the opposite of peace when one is told that people are killed for coming against a specific religious leader!

Especially, those people who do the actual execution of infidels they are not "Terrorist" but government officials such as the ones whom are represented in this news article. 

I ask this one question then, if your religion is so peaceful, why do you kill your own people for speaking the wrong things? After all, words can't kill people, people kill people!

When countries stop killing people based on something they've said, then just maybe Westerners, like myself, will stop thinking of them as 'Not Peaceful' but instead, they are without mercy!

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6.3.17

  Verizon and Yahoo Merge

They've finally merged and now we shall see how this long awaited partnership will work out - imparticularly for former Yahoo.com's former customers like us
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If you all can recall, we (L&SS) were very worried that we'd lose our Yahoo email and news sources that we utilize daily in running out business. 

We can exactly say that we're out of that mindset of fear of losing our Yahoo services since no one is really talking about the details of this latest prominent merger.

However, if you click on the link below, you'll find hope, just like we did, that Yahoo.com hasn't been fully eliminated and we very well might be able to keep some, if not all, of our services intact.

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​Facebook Tweaks 'Trending Results' Page After Controversy

As many of you may remember the fiasco late last year 2016 that surrounded the presidential campaign; where Facebook was accused of using its 'Trending' feature that spewed out biased anti-conservative fake news! 

Well, In January 2017, Facebook rushed and made drastic changes to that system and rid itself of thousands upon thousands of fake news accounts and eliminated predetermined list of publications that used to be eligible to appear in the Trending Results page. 

Now, Facebook has taken its trending system even further by updating how it will run this new system: 

Facebook says that this new 'Trending Results' feature will include publications that users aren't normally interested in. 

Some Facebook users hate it when FB makes so many changes to its system; especially in short amount of times.

I kind of agree with those people about those frequent changes because once I get used to a FB feature, I get real irritated with this social media network and feel like pulling my account when, without good reasoning and a well-in-advance-warning, they take that feature away. It's frustrating!

The trending feature is a convenient tool for businesses like mine that utilizes social media news for their websites or in their daily business practices.

It also helps those FB users who must keep up with what's happening around the world do so all throughout the day.

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5.7.17
Facebook as shuttered its Oculus Story Studio which was created to make content for its Virtual Reality Oculus headset. 

Facebook is closing the studio to concentrate more on smartphone based augmented reality features, implying that virtual reality isn't as popular as originally thought to be. 

Naturally after Facebook shared its decision about Oculus and VR headsets and such, the Market and agencies took notice and had adverse reactions; those reactions were filled with concern for the future of VR. Some voiced concerns as to whether this was the end of VR, remarks Craig Elimeliah, managing director of creative technology at agency VML, which has worked on virtual reality campaigns for brands like Gatorade and NAPA Auto Parts.

I for one wanted to experience Oculus VR Headset, I just have not felt the need to pursue my interest enough to warrant such a purchase.

But, the whole idea of looking at myself playing tennis and kicking butt via virtual reality sounds like a lot of fun...

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Facebook has shown that it can take a stand when needed. I have to say, "I am impressed with Facebook for shutting down 30,000 of its fake pages. 

Now FB, please do that in the United States. So many of my friends have sent me messages telling me to not add them again if I see a friend request from them because that's a fake account someone set up of them.

Also, I've come across fake FB pages of my friends. I've encountered quite a few doubled friends' FB pages and immediately contacted them and enquired whether they are the ones who set those pages up, or a scammer did it. Only a handful of those particular friends had created duo accounts.

Of the handful of my FB friends who started new accounts, most did it because they were locked out of the original account for various reasons. Some of those reasons were, they forgot there passwords and couldn't get the questions right in order to be let back in. Others changed accounts after theirs was hacked and they were not computer savvy enough to fix the issue and just let the hackers have the page. 

Then there are people like me! I have at least four FB pages. I set them up years ago and barely use any of them. I use one for my business that I hardly ever login to but use my company's Facebook Fan Page instead. The other pages I started to play an old game called Cafe World where I had four different large Cafe's. Boy do I miss Cafe World!!!

Lastly, I get flustered every time go to the page of a person who's requesting a friend request to find that they do not have any friends or only a few of them and nothing posting on their timeline, and the nerve to have two images. I immediately mark those people as spam. I don't buy it for a minute that I'm their first Facebook friend.

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3.25.17

YouTube has finally made plenty of its advertisers so angry, they've pulled their ads from YouTube Creator Channels.

One advertiser, 'Hyundai' advertised during the Super Bowl last month in honor of US troops did just that, pulled advertising from YouTube after that same video was made to run during a Hezbollah YouTube video.

There is 'Good News' though! YouTube has promised to develop stronger tools to help advertisers avoid controversial YouTube videos.

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3.16.17 

I don't know why this news of Russian spies comes as a surprise to me. It seems like it is right out of a Russian Spy movie with the Kremlin and all that. 

Oh sure, they (the Russians) want it to seem like the persons involved with hacking Yahoo email accounts was a lone-wolf operative, "I'm not buying this" and the government had nothing to do with the hacking.

I bet America is full of spies and double agents! :D! I guess this makes me a conspiracy theorist! Oh well, I've watched enough spy movies to know that they get those ideas from some place. Those ideas come from real life spy stories former spies, moles (double agents), and CIA and FBI former agents. 

I just got an image in my mind. I pictured mice. That's right, 'mice'! The saying goes like this, "If you think you saw a mouse in your house \(*.*)7, chances are, you've seen a different mouse every time. 

Mice send out a scout to scout the place out and then send in others one at a time until they've inundated the place. But you only visually see one! The rest are hiding in cracks and crevices, pipes and furnaces, walls, etc. You get the point! 

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​Yahoo is making its email customers nervous because it won't tell us if we will be losing our Yahoo accounts. Some of us have had our accounts for a decade and longer. I have had my personal Yahoo account for twelve years.

This article on the other hand, only briefly mentioned this particular part of Yahoo email.

What the article mainly refers to are customers who have asked Yahoo to delete their accounts to which Yahoo has obliged but took 90 days to do so. One customer became frustrated after his account wasn't deleted even after 90 days - that's because he logged in and reset the deleting process.

We (Listen & Study Services) want Yahoo to know that we don't want to delete our account(s)! Yahoo news and email are a part of our main service.

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I came across this very tantalizing Verizon tweet and had to share it with you all. I had Sprint which was truly unlimited everything, and I loved but lost it when I lost my job :(. Now, things are looking up, and I can get Verizon's Unlimited Plan. Yah.

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43 Things Goal setting and achievement 01/01/05 Academia.edu Social networking site for academics/researchers September 2008 About.meSocial networking site October 2009 Advogato Free and open source software developers 1999 aNobii Books 2006. Anime.com  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 Care2Green 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 world2008 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 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 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. 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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