Gigi Cogo Social presence
list (in progress) of my social profiles
| Network | Typology | Usage | My 2 cents |
| Professional | |||
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high | Killer and must have | |
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EuroCv | high | Standard EU curricula |
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Plaxo | R.I.P. | Was professional contacts manager |
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VisualCV | low | CV manager |
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low | Redundant | |
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Naymz | R.I.P. | Was professional contacts manager |
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Unyk | R.I.P | Aquired by Viadeo |
| Edu networks | |||
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Academia | high | Best edu network |
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Duolingo | low | Language course management and network |
| Landing pages e identity | |||
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About.me | high | Business card and Landing page |
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Strikingly | high | Personal branding page |
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Gravatar | high | Avatar management |
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ClamID | R.I.P | 2013 R.I.P. |
| Social networks | |||
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high | Killer | |
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high | Killer | |
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Multiply | R.I.P | 2013 R.I.P. |
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Orkut | R.I.P | 2014 R.I.P. |
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MySpace | low | Was killer, now is a kind of web radio |
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Netlog | low | 2018 R.I.P. |
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Ning | R.I.P. | Was a network and now is a site builder |
| Geotagging and maps | |||
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OpenStreetMap | low | I promise to analyze it more deeply in the future |
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Foursquare | high | Was killer but now, is only Yelp competitor |
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Gowalla | R.I.P. | Aquired and then killed by Facebook |
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Brightkite | R.I.P | Was the first, and was amazing ... |
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Yelp | low | Useful but not in my country |
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Mapillary | low | Crowdsourced map community |
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Gyroscope | low | Place tracking and more |
| Social food | |||
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Oreegano | low | Italian food community recipes |
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Vivino | high | Wine lovers killer app |
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Cellar tracker | high | Wine cellar |
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Untappd | medium | Beer sharing and rating |
| Publishing | |||
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Slideshare | high | Must have slide sharing service |
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Haikudeck | low | Similar to Slideshare but much more expensive |
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Scribd | high | Killer sharing document service |
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Issuu | low | Similar to Scribd but less popular |
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Calameo | low | Digital pubblications and document |
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Prezi | low | I promise to analyze it more deeply in the future |
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Listly | low | Useful to curate and pubblish lists |
| News and content management | |||
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high | Best content discovery and publishing service | |
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medium | Saving content for reading later or for sharing | |
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Digg | low | Content news |
| Visual collection & curation | |||
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Del.icio.us | low | Was killer, but now Pinterest is the standard |
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Stumbleupon | low | Mooved to MIX |
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Summify | R.I.P. | Summify was a social news aggregator. Acquired and killed by Twitter |
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Storify | high | R.I.P. 2018 |
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ZEEF | low | Useful as link catalog |
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medium | Content marketing, bookmarking, and publishing | |
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Gentlemint | low | Discover and discuss the manliest content on the Web |
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Visual.ly | low | Content creation and sharing |
| Books sharing | |||
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Anobii | low | Bookshelf, reviews and sharing |
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Goodreads | low | Largest book readers community |
| Photo sharing | |||
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VSCO | high | App and community of creative photographers |
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Flickr | high | Killer app and widest community |
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high | Killer | |
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Ink361 | high | Instagram broker |
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Zooomr | R.I.P. | Was one of the coolest site for photographers |
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Panoramio | R.I.P. | Now Google+ |
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Flickriver | high | Flickr viewer |
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500px | high | Amazing community |
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youpic | low | Community and contests |
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Imgur | low | Unlimited virtual disk space |
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Fotopedia | R.I.P. | Was a photo encyclopedia |
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Unsplash | low | CC0 paradise |
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Ipernity | low | Never understood mission and vision |
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Exposure | low | Photo digital story telling |
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Pixieset | medium | I'am using it for Venice pic only |
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Viewbug | low | Photo contest network |
| Video sharing | |||
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Vimeo | low | Easy, popular and useful to share video content |
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YouTube | high | Killer |
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Blip.Tv | R.I.P. | Was a media platform for web series |
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Qik | R.I.P. | Aquired by Skype |
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Periscope | low | Was killer but Facebook and Instagram wins |
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Magisto | low | Digital stories from photos and videos |
| Music and podcasting | |||
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iTunes | high | Killer |
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Blip.fm | low | Mp3 streaming and collections |
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LastFm | low | Was the standard for many years |
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Deezer | low | Streaming music service |
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Zune | R.I.P. | Was podcasting service, now XBOX |
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iLike | R.I.P. | Was a service that allowed users to download and share music |
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Jamendo | low | Indipendent artists network |
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SoundCloud | low | Useful for my podcast |
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iMeem | R.I.P. | Acquired by Myspace |
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Ping.fm | R.I.P. | Acquired by Seesmec |
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Spreaker | high | Social radio or podcasting |
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Podbean | low | Podcast service |
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Poddirectory | low | Podcast service |
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Wavelengh | low | Build playlist in a live chat |
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Spotify | low | Audio station, postcasting and social |
| Travel and maps | |||
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Dopplr | R.I.P. | Was the first |
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Tripit | high | Trip planner |
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Tripadvisor | low | Booking and reviews |
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Trippy | low | Social Trip planner by advice |
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Alltrails | low | Social travelling and GPS tracking |
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Tripline | high | Trip storytelling |
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Gogobot | R.I.P. | Acquired by Skyscanner |
| Blogging | |||
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Wordpress | high | Killer |
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Blogger | high | Killer |
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Tumblr | low | Useful, minimalist, popular |
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Posterous | R.I.P. | Acquired by Twitter |
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TypePad | low | One of the firsts blogging plattforms |
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Medium | high | Best place where easily write on the web |
| News aggregators | |||
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Netvibes | low | Basic rss aggreagtor |
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Seemic | R.I.P. | Acquired from Hootsuite |
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Technorati | R.I.P. | Was the largest blog directory |
| Comments | |||
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IntenseDebate | high | Killer |
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Disqus | low | Best in town |
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Backtype | medium | Acquired by Twitter |
| Media & Streaming | |||
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Mogulus | low | Now Lifestream |
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Current.tv | R.I.P. | Was social television |
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Miso | R.I.P | Was social television |
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Boxee | R.I.P. | Was first social tv. Now is a part of Samsung Company |
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Mubi | medium | Movies discover, review and straming service |
| Reputation monitoring | |||
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Brandyourself | medium | Personal branding page and monitoring |
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Klout | R.I.P. | Was a social influence monitor and content sharing |
| Helth and fitness | |||
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Myfitnesspal | medium | Health and diet monitoring |
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Runtastic | low | Fitness tracking |
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Gyroscope | low | Sensors and tracking aggregator |
| IM and others | |||
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Telegram | high | Useful for chat and bots |
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Icq | low | Was the first in chat, now managed by Mail.Ru Group |
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Friendfeed | R.I.P. | Acquired by Facebook |
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Upcoming | R.I.P. | Was a social event calendar website |
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Github | low | Code and projects sharing |
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Meetup | low | Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities |
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Change.org | low | Petition website |
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Patreon | low | Creators and creatives network |
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Houzz | low | Interiors design network |
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Infogr.am | low | Professional charts and infographics |