Out of all the social networks like myspace, bebo, hi5 etc the only one I’m reasonably active in is LinkedIn, where I’ve just this second made my 400th connection taking my network up to 1.73m people.
I think I’ve made so many LinkedIn connections because I tend to keep my work address book up to date so I’ve made connections to a lot of professional contacts, but I love how it also allows me to keep tabs on what old friends and colleagues are up to.
I also try to keep my LinkedIn profile up-to-date as it’s the 2nd result if you Google my name, beaten only by a link to a blogging conference in the UK that I attended two years ago, which is linked to by nearly every blogger that attended. I don’t mind this too much as this is why I managed to get a Page Rank of 4 within a month of launching this site as some high profile UK bloggers linked to my write-up.
I have very little use or time for other social networks like myspace, bebo, hi5, pasado, orkut etc. I don’t know if I’m in the wrong age bracket or something, but they just don’t appeal to me. In fact, I haven’t even registered with most of them.
Are you a big user of any of these networks? What are your favourite features?
