chickenfeet

Elgg and Ning are both ones that I joined in professional capacity - Elgg is primarily for educators, and I've considered using it for teaching. Ning is quite interesting and has some potential - it's fairly new, though. People don't necessarily think of Flickr as a "social" networking site because it's for photography, but I find it as social, if not more, than LJ. I have way more "friends" on Flickr than here (maybe I'm a better photographer that I am a writer, ha ha). My students are all on MySpace and Facebook - a good reason to stay the hell away. They are too flashy and gossipy for my taste.