Tom Watson at onLine discusses many of the frustrations that led to the development of Throngz.

Asks Andy Carvin in a recent blog entry that response to C|NET News article debating whethe ror not online social networks are just a trendy trend or here to stay.   In contrast to the C|NET article that looks at it from the business perspective and suggests that the jury is still out, Andy reviews the history of online community building, from the earliest bulletin board systems to community networks to online social networks.  Definitely worth a read!

If you have never been to Cybersoc.com or if you have never read the Cybersoc blog, this is a great time to start.  Robin Hamman, of Cybersoc, is hosting guest bloggers all next week.

 Here's the info:

Each day next week (20-24 March), cybersoc.com will be publishing posts by a series of special guest bloggers to help mark the one year anniversary of cybersoc.com (the blog, not the site which is 10 this year).

The guest bloggers are all leaders in their respective areas and should have some interesting ideas to share. Each of them will use their blog entry here to look back at the highlights of their chosen topic area over the past year and to look forward to give us a glimpse of what developments or changes they're excited, or worried about, happening over the coming year.