Cyber-communities: a few examples

Here is a list of some possible topics for our discussion of cyber-communities. Some of these are social-networking sites, others are gaming sites or dating sites or sites that have a specific purpose, like sharing photos or videos or book recommendations. Others are discussion groups or mailing lists, and some require extra software to do particular things, like sharing files (Bittorrent) or exploring the globe (Google Earth). You can choose from among these for your essay topic, or you can come up with something else, as long as you run it by me.

MySpace: www.myspace.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com
Friendster: www.friendster.com
Orkut: www.orkut.com/About.aspx
Hi5: www.hi5.com
Cyworld: www.cyworld.com
Tagged: www.tagged.com
Xanga: www.xanga.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com
Second Life: www.secondlife.com
Flickr: www.flickr.com
Picasa: picasa.google.com
Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com
GoogleEarth: earth.google.com
Digg: www.digg.com
Shelfari: www.shelfari.com
GoodReads: www.goodreads.com
Library Thing: www.librarything.com
Amazon: www.amazon.com
Find Satoshi: www.findsatoshi.com
Heroes: www.nbc.com/Heroes
LonelyGirl15: www.lg15.com
LostPedia: www.lostpedia.com
Zynga: www.zynga.com
Yahoo Games: games.yahoo.com
BitTorrent: www.bittorrent.com
Last.fm: www.last.fm
Deviant Art: www.deviantart.com
Craig’s List: www.craigslist.org
Dave’s ESL Café: www.eslcafe.com
Nerve: www.nerve.com
LavaLife: www.lavalife.com

Welcome to Cyber 110.

Our first unit is about online communities.