Social Networking Awards - The Top Social Networks of 2006

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:41 AM EST

Article Source: Mashable!

Is it really the holiday already? Not quite - we've still got to announce the Social Networking Awards 2006! With thousands of votes cast, the People's Choice attracted a much bigger response than anyone expected. Meanwhile, we agonized over which companies to pick as Mashable's choices (the "Judge's Choice").

For those who are interested, our picks were made by Mashable, Mashable Labs and Advantage Consulting Services, the team that oversees social network consulting for our clients, in addition to recommending the best partners and white label social networks. The ACS team also has a background in web development (they were behind the stats service CrazyEgg, for instance), but they don't have any competing services in the social networking space. Our criteria were: Growth and Momentum; Design and Usability; Uniqueness/Innovation. There are two winners in each category, followed by the sites that are "Hot for 2007″ - a combination of your votes and our picks.

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Who's leading the conversation?

This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera). Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the left, in their corresponding group. Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.

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Michael Sautter

A fairly thorough list of social networking web sites. Awards given in a half dozen or so categories (includes all the nominees). No mention of Newsvine.

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#1 - Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:56 AM EST

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MICHAEL SAUTTER

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Social Networking Awards - The Top Social Networks of 2006

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