I live in Vermont. I work in a small town that has been directly affected by the recent Brooke Bennett tragedy (family involved 12 year old in sex ring and killed her, attempted to blame it on a MySpace predator) in an industry that is directly related to dealing with the aftermath. I am also reading Freakonomics, which amongst other things has persuaded me to look past media hype and compare numbers to actual relevant data. I have two questions [more inside]
posted by SirStan on Jul 2, 2008 - 13 answers

Yet Another Social Networking Question: I'm looking for something that does well with different user groups. [more inside]
posted by chrisfromthelc on Jun 3, 2008 - 6 answers

Are there established, respectable Agencies which can help a company market online using "Web 2.0" tactics – like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Youtube, blogs, widgets, etc.? [more inside]
posted by visual mechanic on May 12, 2008 - 2 answers

What are some clever web 2.0 / social networking tools to use to market a book to college aged kids in America these days? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 19, 2007 - 11 answers

Myspace? Yuck. But I need to auto approve friends for the nonprofit where I work. All the programs I've seen to do this look like they're written by twelve year olds and/or are three day trials. Recommendations? [more inside]
posted by zazerr on Oct 4, 2007 - 4 answers

How to track down my host family from six years ago? [more inside]
posted by sian on Jul 13, 2007 - 6 answers

Social Network Safari Hunt - Help me find my friends! [more inside]
posted by bkdelong on Nov 28, 2006 - 1 answer

Why is MySpace so popular? [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Jul 13, 2006 - 50 answers

So, the Achilles' heel of Social Networking is the 'What Now' Issue. Once you've listed all your friends publicly, which doesn't solve any problems you had in the first place, you're pretty much left hanging. Ideas about getting around this problem in building a social networking app? [more inside]
posted by Firas on Apr 4, 2006 - 13 answers