Thing 21: Other Social Networks

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Before doing this thing, I was only a member of Facebook but while doing this, I became a member of Playlist. I thought that it was quite neat, although I didn't really pick anything for my playlist that I didn't already have on another playlist on my ipod. I thought that it was pretty cool that you could listen to the music before you created a playlist and that you could browse other people's playlists and know what the most popular music being put on the playlists were.
I wasn't much of a fan of Gather, Web Junction or Ning. I think that this may be because I am so used to the features of Facebook and previously, MySpace that I found it a bit difficult to navigate around these sites.
I looked around on the What's on my Bookshelf and Fuzzster and they seemed like pretty decent sites and interesting ways for people to connect. I don't think that I will ever use them because I don't spend much time on the internet. I think that for now, I will just stick to what I currently use and see if there is need in the future.
I don't know how most of these sites would benefit the library (other than of course Web Junction) but I do see how they are useful to be have some knowledge about them to help our customers and to better understand what they use and are looking for in their library.