Specialized Social Media Networking Websites

Move Over Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace -- Specific Social Networking Has Arrived

Of course, I checked Facebook at least three times today—I have to know what is going on with my friends. I congratulated one friend that had lost eighteen pounds. Hearing about the tragedy of one old friend, I offered my thoughts and prayers, and said a prayer for this special family on the spot. Then I played a round of a favorite spelling game—and now matter how hard I have tried, I still can't catch a faculty member at my son's school. But my vocabulary and eye-hand coordination has improved significantly since she began challenging me a few months ago.

Then I picked five movies I have watched over and over and published them so my world can see—complete with pictures. I browsed college graduation pictures of a young woman I had once taught in Sunday School when she was a small child. After that I posted a picture of my own: of my husband and son baking a Mother's Day cake for me. When Associated Content publishes this article, I will share it with my 260 wonderful friends.

I have an eclectic and fantastic group of friends—some back from nursery school and others I have met recently at our new church. I have organized parties, groups and events right on the site and have pulled these people out of cyberspace and into real life with real conversations and real hugs. I feel connected and cannot believe how I had lived without these friends in my life for so many years.

I have a MySpace page as well, and I am trying to understand Twitter. And while the big three get all the press, I have started looking at social media networking sites to connect with people who share my common interests, from writing to mothering to reading great books. This is the new world. Just as doctors can be general practitioners and cover all the possible angles, when we want specific information, we want a specialist.