Purple Squirrl

Social Media now has a landscape

It’s interesting  that when things become so big a diagram is required to make sense of it. Well, that is the case with Social Media. People are not completely clear what should be considered a social media site. I found a great post by Fred Cavazza. In that post he showcases two great pieces that will help people get an idea of what he calls the Social Media Landscape.

From the graphic the different tools and services can be grouped into categories:

• Publication tools with blogs ( Typepad, Blogger…), wikis ( Wikipedia, Wikia, Wetpaint…) and citizen journalism portals ( Digg, Newsvine…)
• Sharing tools for videos ( YouTube…), pictures ( FlickR…), links ( del.icio.us, Ma.gnolia…), music ( Last.fm, iLike…), slideshows ( Slideshare), products reviews ( Crowdstorm, Stylehive…) or products feedbacks ( Feedback 2.0, GetSatisfaction…)
• Discussions tools like forums ( PHPbb, vBulletin, Phorum…), video forums ( Seesmic), instant messaging ( Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Meebo…) and VoIP ( Skype, Google Talk…)
• Social networks ( Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Orkut…), niche social networks ( LinkedIn, Boompa…) and tools for creating social networks ( Ning)
• Micropublication tools ( Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, Plurk, Adocu…) and alike ( twitxr, tweetpeek)
• Social aggregation tools like lifestream ( FriendFeed, Socializr, Socialthing!, lifestrea.ms, Profilactic…)
• Platforms for livecast hosting ( Justin.tv, BlogTV, Yahoo! Live, UStream…) and there mobile equivalent ( Qik, Flixwagon, Kyte, LiveCastr…)
• Virtual worlds ( Second Life, Entropia Universe, There…), 3D chats ( Habbo, IMVU…) and teens dedicated virtual universes ( Stardoll, Club Penguin…)
• Social gaming platforms ( ImInLikeWithYou, Doof…), casual gaming portals ( Pogo, Cafe, Kongregate…) and social networks enabeled games ( Three Rings, SGN)
• MMO ( Neopets, Gaia Online, Kart Rider, Drift City, Maple Story) and MMORPG ( World of Warcraft, Age of Conan…)

Social Media Landscape [Fred Cavazza.net]