Hi everyone!  :-)

This is a list of some Social Netwroking sites taken directly from WikiPedia.org.

Here's the hard link:  --->  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

Now I know these aren't your typical "marketing" Networks....ones that you can be like Kathy Hamilton and "tell everyvbody and there brother" so you can make some money if they upgrade........

But I'm telling you......marketing to people who are NOT there to market their own thing makes a lot more sense. 

Think about it..........Would you try to sell cubscout popcorn to the girl scout coming to your front door?  Well?  on second thought - some of you don't you even dare answer that!  :o)

Although I must issue a word of caution......it does take a different "finnesse".....but it can be very effective.

43 Things	Tagging	&&&&&&&&01007433.&&&&001,007,433[1]	Open
Advogato	Free Software and Open Source developers	&&&&&&&&&&011000.&&&&0011,000[2]	Open
Amina - Chechen Republic Online	Chechens	&&&&&&&&&&&03500.&&&&003,500+[3]	Open
aSmallWorld	European jet set and social elite	&&&&&&&&&0150000.&&&&00150,000[4]	Invite-only
BlackPlanet.com	African-Americans	&&&&&&&016000000.&&&&0016,000,000[5]	Open
Bebo	Schools and colleges	&&&&&&&034000000.&&&&0034,000,000[6]	Open
Blue Dot	Link sharing	&&&&&&&&&&080000.&&&&0080,000[7]	Open
Broadcaster.com	Video sharing and webcam chat	&&&&&&&026000000.&&&&0026,000,000[8]	Open
Bolt	General (music and video)	&&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000[9]	Open
CarDomain	Car enthusiasts	&&&&&&&&01600000.&&&&001,600,000[10]	Open
Care2	Green living and activism	&&&&&&&&07151375.&&&&007,151,375[11]	Open
Classmates.com	School, college, work and the military	&&&&&&&040000000.&&&&0040,000,000[12]	Open
Consumating	"Consumeetings"	&&&&&&&&&&021000.&&&&0021,000[13]	Open
Couchsurfing	"Couchsurfing"	&&&&&&&&&0192000.&&&&00192,000[14]	Open
Cyworld	Young South Koreans	&&&&&&&015000000.&&&&0015,000,000[15]	Open
Dandelife	Collective narratives or "shared biographies"	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown	Open
DeadJournal	"Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal	&&&&&&&&&0490310.&&&&00490,310[16]	By invite or payment (OpenID)
Dodgeball.com	Mobile location-based service, owned by Google	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[17]	Open
DontStayIn	Clubbing (primarily UK)	&&&&&&&&&0235000.&&&&00235,000+[18]	Open
Doostang	Careers	&&&&&&&&&&053000.&&&&0053,000[19]	Invite-only
Ecademy	Business	&&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000[20]	Open
eSPIN	Teen Dating	&&&&&&&&03800000.&&&&003,800,000[21]	Open
Facebook	College/High School students and General	&&&&&&&023000000.&&&&0023,000,000[22]	Open
Faceparty	British teens and 20-somethings	&&&&&&&&05900000.&&&&005,900,000[23]	Open to people 16 and older.
Flirtomatic	Flirting/Dating	&&&&&&&&&0265000.&&&&00265,000[24]	Open to people 18 and older.
Flickr	Photo sharing	&&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000[25]	Open (Yahoo! login)
Fotki	Photo sharing	&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000[26]	Open
Friends Reunited	School, college, work, sport and streets	&&&&&&&012000000.&&&&0012,000,000[27]	Open
Friendster	General	&&&&&&&029100000.&&&&0029,100,000[28]	Open
Frühstückstreff	General	&&&&&&&&&&011600.&&&&0011,600[29]	Open
FUPEI	General (Photo, Video, Music, Games, Event, and Chat Room), membership mostly from Indonesia	&&&&&&&&&&053000.&&&&0053,000[30]	Open
Gaia Online	Anime and Games	&&&&&&&&07000000.&&&&007,000,000[31]	Open
Geni.com	Families, genealogy	&&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000[32]	Open
GoPets	Virtual pets	&&&&&&&&&0400000.&&&&00400,000[33]	Open
Graduates.com	School, college, and work	&&&&&&&&&0650000.&&&&00650,000[34]	Open
Grono.net	Poland	&&&&&&&&&0830000.&&&&00830,000[35]	Invite-only
Hi5	General	&&&&&&&050000000.&&&&0050,000,000[36]	Open
Hyves	General Dutch social networking website.	&&&&&&&&03266581.&&&&003,266,581[37]	Open
imeem	Instant messaging	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[38]	Open
IMVU	3D chat software	&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000[39]	Open
IRC-Galleria	Finland	&&&&&&&&&0400000.&&&&00400,000[40]	Open
iWiW	Hungary	&&&&&&&&01500000.&&&&001,500,000[41]	Invite only
Joga Bonito	Football (soccer)	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown	Open
Last.fm	Music	&&&&&&&015000000.&&&&0015,000,000[42]	Open
LinkedIn	Business	&&&&&&&011000000.&&&&0011,000,000[43]	Open
LiveJournal	Blogging	&&&&&&&012900000.&&&&0012,900,000[44]	Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm	Sweden	&&&&&&&&01200000.&&&&001,200,000[45]	Open
MEETin	General	&&&&&&&&&&072000.&&&&0072,000[46]	Open
Meetup.com	General	&&&&&&&&02000000.&&&&002,000,000[47]	Open
MiGente.com	Latinos	&&&&&&&&03600000.&&&&003,600,000[48]	Open
Mixi	Japan	&&&&&&&&08000000.&&&&008,000,000[49]	Invite-only
MOG	Music	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown	Open
Multiply	"Real world" relationships	&&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000[50]	Open
My Opera Community	General (blogs, photo albums, forums, etc.)	&&&&&&&&&0813122.&&&&00813,122[51]	Open
MySpace	General	&&&&&&0176500000.&&&&00176,500,000[52]	Open
myYearbook	General	&&&&&&&&&0950000.&&&&00950,000[53]	Open
Netlog	European young adults (14-24). Formerly known as Facebox.	&&&&&&&018000000.&&&&0018,000,000[54]	Open
Nexopia	Canada	&&&&&&&&01019372.&&&&001,019,372[55]	Open
orkut	Owned by Google	&&&&&&&046423762.&&&&0046,423,762[56]	Open (Google login)
Passado	General	&&&&&&&&04700000.&&&&004,700,000[57]	Open
Piczo	Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing	&&&&&&&010000000.&&&&0010,000,000[58]	Open
Playahead	Swedish teenagers	&&&&&&&&&0530000.&&&&00530,000[59]	Open
ProfileHeaven	British teens	&&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000[60]	Open
RateItAll	Consumer ratings + social networking	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[61]	Open
Reunion.com	Locating friends and family, keeping in touch	&&&&&&&028000000.&&&&0028,000,000[62]	Open
Ryze	Business	&&&&&&&&&0250000.&&&&00250,000[63]	Open
Sconex	American high schools	&&&&&&&&&0500000.&&&&00500,000[64]	Open
Sportsvite	Recreational Sports	&&&&&&&&&&018000.&&&&0018,000[65]	Open
Studivz	University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown	Open
Stumbleupon	Websurfing	&&&&&&&&01200000.&&&&001,200,000[66]	Open
TagWorld	General (tagging)	&&&&&&&&01850692.&&&&001,850,692[67]	Open
TakingITGlobal	Social action	&&&&&&&&&0145000.&&&&00145,000[68]	Open
The Doll Palace	Cartoon dolls and dress up games	&&&&&&&&02500000.&&&&002,500,000[69]	Open
The Student Center	Teens and colleges	&&&&&&&&&0800000.&&&&00800,000[70]	Open
The Zooplex	General	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown	Open
Threadless	Custom T-shirts	&&&&&&&&&0364474.&&&&00364,474	Open
Travellerspoint	Travel	&&&&&&&&&&090000.&&&&0090,000[71]	Open
Tribe.net	General	&&&&&&&&&0602876.&&&&00602,876 [72]	Open
Twitter	Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[73]	Open
Vampire Freaks	Gothic industrial culture	&&&&&&&&&0766000.&&&&00766,000[74]	Open
Vox	Blogging	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown	Open
WAYN	Travel & Lifestyle	&&&&&&&&08000000.&&&&008,000,000[75]	Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies	Genealogy & Biography	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[76]	Open
Windows Live Spaces	Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces)	&&&&&&0120000000.&&&&00120,000,000[77]	Open (Windows Live ID)
Xanga	Blogs and "metro" areas	&&&&&&&040000000.&&&&0040,000,000[78]	Open
XING	Business	&&&&&&&&02000000.&&&&002,000,000[79]	Open
Xuqa	Colleges	&&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000[80]	Open
Yahoo! 360°	Linked to Yahoo! IDs	&&&&&&&&04700000.&&&&004,700,000[81]	Open to people 18 and older (Yahoo! login)
Yelp	United States adults	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown	Open
Zaadz	Social consciousness	&&&&&&&&&&050178.&&&&0050,178[82]	Open
Zooomr	Universal Photo Sharing	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[83]	Open (OpenID)

Thanks for pointing out that exhaustive list Brian.

I've recently (belatedly) discovered sites like MySpace.  I agree that it's a potential bonanza for networkers who can do it with some skilled finesse.

It does take a lot of time to make the most out of belonging to many different sites, but worth it because it's probably the only way to go.  You have to be where the market is and online, the market's at MySpace and the like.

Business communities like AdlandPro and Bizpreneur and BizzyBlogz are great too for sharing information as well marketing amongst others who are in business already.

Both types have their place, but the social networking sites have huge new potential for us all.

Wow Thank You for sharing, this list sure will keep me busy finding what one's I'm not already in ....Great list  :-) Lee

Hi Andrew!

You hit the nail right on the head my good friend!  To work the social networking scene.....you need to be willing to put in the time.  frind invite seem to take forever....then you have spammers to deal with......and posts/bulletins to come up with......it can be an exhaustive process. 

And you are right!  Martketing netoworks....like ALP....do have their place....and yes - there are quite a few people who will join your biz on them.  But......I have found them better utilized for:  (as you said) sharing information.

Thanks for stopping in Andrew!