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Ever wondered where in the world all the people who use myspace or bebo are? Here’s the brakdown according to Alexa

• Orkut leads in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Brazil;
• Facebook is stronger, internationally, than Myspace, with surprising strongholds in the Middle East;
• hi5.com is the most international of all the social networks, leading in Peru, Colombia, Central America, and other, scattered countries such as Mongolia, Romania, and Tunisia;
• both Bebo and Skyblog follow colonial patterns, the first strong in smaller English-speaking countries such as Ireland and New Zealand, and the latter in Francophone countries;
• and Friendster, the original social network, leads all across Southeast Asia.
• Fotolog, a photo service defeated in the US by Friendster, has re-emerged as the dominant social network in Argentina and Chile.

Source: Data Junkie: The world map of social networks - Valleywag

Scoop have launched a very nifty and very web2.0 zeitgeist of their own. It’s a little bit digg and a little bit del.icio.us and I like it! Check it out at www.scoopit.co.nz

It’s great to have a NZ version of the social networking / tagging / bookmarking phenomenon and it’s a smart move by Scoop. Scoopit will no doubt drive traffic to scoop.co.nz and Google will eat it up. Indeed it seems there are a few people who have already identified this potential which begs the question - will quality or quantity prevail? On what basis are people voting for each item? It’ll be interesting to see how it pans out over time.

The little ScoopIT widget is an excellent touch. I’ve added mine already (-:

True enough. Check it out - save some whales.

Greenpeace’s ‘Defending Our Oceans’ has earned a place in the 59 Smartest Orgs nominations online as chosen by GetActive, NetSquared and Squidoo (founded by everyone’s favourite marketing guru, Seth Godin). They say:

“These are organizations that give their volunteers and members a voice and get out of the way. They’re pros at mobilizing awareness online. They’re experimentors. Innovators. On a mission. They’re fearless….These aren’t just orgs that throw up a video or a forum or a MySpace page and stop.”

Check it out and put in your vote!

So say Time magazine. You are the person who had the most influence on the news and our lives in 2006. With youTube, myspace, facebook, wikipedia and the likes you / we have influenced the world like never before.

In 2006, the World Wide Web became a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter