<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/664273b1-4bce-4811-90cf-bd4f85dc4fbb/E93759C0-93E4-4987-96DA-884C084B3DBB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/" href="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/" style="font-size: 11px;">looklinklove.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><H2><A rel="bookmark" href="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/" title="Permanent Link to Social Media Sites that Deserve Your Affection">Social Media Sites that Deserve Your Affection</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><H3 class="post_date">Posted on 06 July 2008 by Scott</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/">There are so many websites out their that serve the same purpose as Digg, Twitter, or Pownce.  The question is; which of these websites are actually worth your time?  Of course the biggest sites are your most valuable assets, but there are a few smaller sites that could be useful to you.  Since time is one of the most valuable resources that <EM>us humans</EM> try to utilize, I’ll explain some of the social media sites that I use and why.  Keep in mind that my views, are <EM>my views</EM>, and merely suggestions.  If I leave out some social media site that you use, it just means that I <STRONG>don’t use it</STRONG>, and has nothing to do with how <EM>great</EM> that particular site may be.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://digg.com">Digg</A>:</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.reddit.com/">Reditt</A>:  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><A target="_blank" href="http://mixx.com">Mixx</A>:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><A target="_blank" href="http://sphinn.com">Sphinn</A>: </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><A target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</A>: </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><SPAN>Byproducts and Sites Similar to Twitter</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/"><A target="_blank" href="http://pownce.com">Pownce</A>:  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/">Plurk: </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://looklinklove.com/2008/social-media-sites-that-deserve-your-affection/">It took me a couple of hours just to write down some of my feelings on a few popular social media site that I (have) used.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E93759C0-93E4-4987-96DA-884C084B3DBB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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