I finally took the time to sort through what I believe are all social and business networks I ever joined. There might be more but if so, then I just can’t remember them.
I personally am no fan of such networks but agree that they can be useful. The downside is a lot of time investment and efforts to keep things updated. Now I am only using Twitter, which gives me on any day more value than any other network I joined. The last time I made real friends and business connections is half a decade ago.
11 networks where I closed my account, sorted alphabetically:
- Doostang
I can’t remember when nor why I joined but I know I never used it.
- Ecademy
I joined it early on and engaged a bit but it was not much of a value to me an I didn’t use it for the past year or longer. Note: account only disabled, not deleted.
- FriendFinder
I joined when this service started and it was a good time. I made some connections that still exist today, in real. Last time used: many years ago.
- Friendster
I joined when this service started and it was a good time. I made quite a number of connections that still exist today, in real. Last time used: many years ago actively, recently only for browsing updates of existing connections.
- LinkedIn
I joined it early on and engaged a bit but it was not much of a value to me and I didn’t use it for the past year or longer.
- Orkut
I just joined it when I saw it one day as an option in my Google account but I never used it.
- Ryze
Not sure why I joined but it was early on. It soon switched to very limited features for free accounts so I didn’t use it for many years.
- Soflow
I don’t even remember what that service was about but I found its name on a list I once had about services I joined. The service doesn’t even exist anymore.
- Xanga
I joined it when profile pages of friends requested a login but I never actively engaged. Now all those friends have moved to Facebook.
- Xing
Formerly known as OpenBC, I joined it early on and engaged a bit but it was not much of a value to me and I didn’t use it for a couple of years.
- Yahoo 360
Never used it and they already closed the service.
