So as far as I can tell My Space is on the outs. I still have a space, with over 12,000 friends I might add, I'm just saying things are not the same. Now people just paste ads all over your page. Me included. It used to be a great place to connect with people and find other crafty goodness.
This being the case I am moving on to greener pastures and trying to learn the nuisances of some different sites. My friend Susan invited me to join her on a new networking site for crafters called Lov.li and I signed up. Beyond signing up and adding a few friends I have not done a whole lot on Lov.li, but I think it has potential.
The cute little badge below is for Style Hive. I have been getting emails for at least a couple of years from Style Hive letting me know when someone has added me to their collection. You can add things you want to your "hive". You can follow other people that you think have great taste. For instance I found Tricia Royal of Bits and Bobbins and Wardrobe Remix and am following her and her impeccable taste. You can set up wish lits and all kinds of other cool options. I'm just starting to understand how it works.
If your on Stylehive click my badge and we can be friends, or followers, or however it works.
Speaking of fashion another networking site I signed up for is Iqons. The site seems pretty cool, but is really slow and has a few kinks they need to work out. Like it is so slow I can't get the link to my page to pull up. My guess is the site is taking off and more people are getting on there than they expected.
Yesterday on Etsy I read about a site called Ma.gnolia. From what I can tell the site is an online place to share your favorite website links. There are also groups you can join so I am a member of the Etsy group.While learning Ma.gnolia someone mentioned two other sites I was not familiar with called Technorati which is something to do with blogs, but I am not sure what. I also learned about Stumbleupon and Linked In.
I have a Facebook account too and once upon a time I had a Friendster accont, but I think I deleted that one. So many networking websites, so little time.
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i've just been exploring technorati myself. i use their widgets to put tags in every blog i write (or when i remember to!) and then it tags it on their site. so you go to the site and you want to find references to "knit undies" for example. you type that in and it'll pull up all the places someone has used that tag.
to me, it seems like more of a way to increase traffic, although it can also be used to find new stuff.
aww, i noticed you'd started following! stylehive is a bit addictive. i find a lot of new, emerging fashion and design stuff on there and add such to my hive as well. it helps me keep track of things i like in a visual way. i think it also probably helps with traffic to sites, in the long run. more people can stumble across and admire your work, and things of that nature.
i was working for them in the fall/winter writing blog posts, etc. but have since departed. but i still use the site.
great post, awesome info!! although i'm frightned because i spend way too much time online as it is....
Greeeeaaaat, I finally create a MYSPACE page and now it's on it's way out! I feel like I did in 1995 when I finally got that "members only" jacket I always wanted. I just started growing a mullett, I bet that's out of date too.
Dave, I've got a pair of parachute pants and a single white, sparkley glove that I'd like to share with you ;)
Thanks for all the great info...I'm just starting to get into things and it is overwhelming. This helps quite a bit!
If Iqons is playing up for you, takea look see at Fashionising - a similar concept, but easier to use with more features. Quite new as well I think.
There are so many social networking sites these days that I think people can get overwhelmed super fast. I use Technorati for work, and in terms of PR, advertising, online tech, etc., it's kind of the industry "standard." Stylehive is a great site... Do you use Curbly at all?
Hey I found a new site that just launched - way more useful for fashion professionals. Its all about networking with high level contacts, sharing jobs and industry connections, and now you can upload your own showcase (so cool for freelancers). The site is www.haute.net, definitely going to overtake iqons once it catches on...
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