Social Netowrking for Pets

It’s not unheard of for people to make social profiles for their pets, but rather than putting them up on Facebook pet owners should look for pet-targeted sites.  Cute as Hell, one newly launched social network for pets may be the next big thing for our little furry friends.  The site also combines many features that have been utilized on other similar pet-related sites like Cute Overload or Hot or Not for Pets.  

Blog Post: Cute as Hell: Pet Social Networking Goes Viral

Concepts for the Danah Boyd reading

You should be comfortable with, and be able to define, the following concepts for class on Wednesday:

Cultural resonance Unmediated public Networked publics Persistence (in the sense used here, common in writing about digital information) Searchability Replicability

Invisible audiences Impression management Mechanisms of deception Imagined audience Culture of fear Participation divide