I have just investigated www.dogster.com and I am really pleased with this SNS. I have not been really pleased with Twitter because I don’t have time to see what others are doing on a continious basis. I also find it difficult to determine who you are compatiable with without conducting in-depth research. I also am not sure what type of relationships one could actually build on Twitter.
I went ahead and created a profile for my dog Abby on www.dogster.com and thus far, I have really enjoyed reading about the animals and what thier owners have to say about them. I think that I am discovering the key to a SNS and that is a SNS will only be successful if you have stuff in common with the individuals involved. Much like face to face friendships; you wouldn’t want to be friends with someone you have nothing in common with – what would you have to talk about?
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I may just have to do this for my dog Disco. It looks to me that you are right about SNS being about what people have in common.
What a really cute name for your dog! I can’t wait to meet Disco on Dogster.com! Woof! Come and play with Abby, the boys and I!
You are right and I’m beginning to feel the same way about my myspace account. I don’t feel that I as an educator of math have much in common with other teachers that are not of the math field. I guess that is why you have to search those people out, but I also have a problem introducing myself and what do you initially talk about? ANyways, I’ll figure it out. Glad you found a good SNS.
Barbara, you brought up a really good point in that maybe one needs to be looking not just a professional interest sites but also personal interest sites. I think that in our line of work, it is so stressful and packed full of information, that one needs to focus on enjoyment to help balance! 🙂