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This just in: my favorite social aggregator, Socialthing!, now supports Brightkite, Plurk, Seesmic, and Guitar Hero– a great update to a fantastic service!

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Building the perfect social network

by Evan Doyle on June 21, 2008

There are countless social networking sites on the web today, but only a few make the front page. Everyone has heard of Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Plurk, Digg, and Pownce, but what is it exactly that makes these sites so well known? Guest contributor Evan Doyle outlines four elements every social networking site should have.

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Two nights ago, I wrote a brief post hypothesizing that personal exchanges are what make social networks meaningful. In the few hours since I published the article, though, I’ve already heard carefully-reasoned opinions that this might not be the case from two different angles. As a follow-up, I decided to examine this topic, and these two angles, in a little more depth.

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