According to Wikipedia “social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.” 1

 

Below, you will find a list of the most widely-used Social Networks nowadays:

Badoo – Badoo is a world-wide virtual community where users can communicate and share information about their daily lives with old and friends.

 

Bebo – Bebo is a very popular social network. It is available in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Polish, Dutch, Italian and German.

 

Facebook - Facebook is a social network site where you can find friends, colleagues, classmates etc. It also allows you to make new friends and interact with the whole Facebook community.

 

Flickr – Flickr is a site where you can manage and share your photos. Here you can show your favourite pictures to the whole world.

 

Fotolog – Fotolog is a photo-blogging site and it is one of the most popular social networks in the world. It is available in many languages, among which you can find, Catalan, German, English, German, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese and many more.

 

hi5 – hi5 was launched in 2003 and nowadays is a very large social network. Here you can stay connected to friends, family and people that is part of your daily life.

 

MySpace – MySpace was launched in 2003 and as they say it's "A Place for Friends". People can share videos, photos, experiences and much more.

 

Windows Live Spaces – Windows Live Spaces used to be MSN Live, and it is a place where you can do much more than only chatting. You can manage friends, add music lists and a lot more fun things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network – Consulted on July 22nd, 2009