I’ve just been invited to join Facebook by an online friend. Bored like hell, I decided to bite and I registered. Plus, I also decided to update all my social networking accounts. And I just realized there’s a lot.
How many social networking sites do we really need? Or want, for that matter. I’m thinking sure, you get to stay updated with the lives of your real life and online friends, classmates, co-workers, and old flames. But you also encounter spammers, stalkers, posers, losers, and other types of freaks.
No, I don’t want to “add you as a friend”. And I don’t want to visit you at your other network. Unless by “sexygirlscutepets” you mean “sexy girls as cute pets”. Freak.
Most of these sites just offer a few things the others don’t, and it’s only a matter of time before the others catch up. It’s an ugly redundancy. That’s why I only visit a few of these sites regularly. The ones that offer unique and significant features, and more importantly, a wider base of users.
Friendster will always be my “default” social networking site. Most people I know who know how to use a computer are there. That’s why my Friendster profile is the most frequently updated. Get past the annoying spam-like bulletin board posts and the revolting profiles with incomprehensible grammar and spelling, not to mention ghastly customized themes., and you can say that Friendster is not a bad place to network.
Multiply comes in at number 2. Some people I know are there simply because they don’t like the atmosphere in other social networking sites, most notably Friendster and MySpace. I share the same feeling.
Although I despise the blinking backgrounds and the stupid way that some people type (sEri0uSLy, h0W Is diS c0oL?), I still sign up for new social networking accounts whenever people invite me, and I still maintain my existing accounts simply because there’s little sense in “networking” if you limit yourself to just one service.
On that note, here’s a list of the social networking sites I’m a part of with the corresponding link to my profile. Add me up. I promise I won’t bug you with stupid bulletin board posts.
- Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=695902406
- Friendster – http://www.friendster.com/bigbaddie
- Multiply – http://bigbaddie.multiply.com
- Twitter – http://twitter.com/baddie
- NetLog – http://en.netlog.com/bigbaddie
- StumbleUpon – http://ginobebs.stumbleupon.com
- Yahoo! 360 – http://360.yahoo.com/ginobebs
- ComicSpace – http://www.comicspace.com/bigbaddie
- Eskwela – http://myid.eskwela.com/342
- FineTune – http://www.finetune.com/user/baddiebox
- Hi5 – http://bigbaddie.hi5.com
- LinkedIn – http://www.linkedin.com/in/ginocarteciano
- MySpace – http://www.myspace.com/bigbaddie
- Tagged – http://www.tagged.com/bigbaddie
- YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/bigbaddie
^_^
I only have the Friendster, Multiply and the Twitter. Although I have a Myspace and a Yahoo 360, I left them to rot. XP
eh di kaw na ang king of social networking sites. Hahahaha!
@Euri: And you're my contact in all 3! Yay!
@shona: Damn straight! lolz
You can find me only on Friendster, Multiply, and Eskwela.com because I'm not ghey enough to maintain any more than those three. :(
I have Friendster, Multiply, Twitter, (2) MySpace(s), and Virb. I just update my Friendster and Multiply, though.
It just dawned on me that REAL men go beyond Friendster, Multiply, and Eskwela. Oh, hi Steel! Lemme just read your comm… oh. OH.
omg, dami mo naman accounts. hehehe. but i'll add you up sa myspace and multiply…parang friendster lang alam ng mga non-techie people hehehe. joke.
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Multiply will be my number one. Friendster's practical cuz everyone has one. MySpace is for my cousins/friends in the States.
I think you're my contact in all 3 plus eskwela plus my 360 na hindi ko na ginalaw ulit. Haha.
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