Social Media Usage

StumbleUpon (Morgaine)

Oct 3, 2003

http://morgaine.stumbleupon.com
0/10/2003 - present "StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of over 15 million other websurfers with interests similar to you."

StumbleUpon

Period: Oct 3, 2003 to May 23, 2011

http://morgaine.stumbleupon.com is my main StumbleUpon account. For some time I also had secondary accounts, like StumbleUpon (La Belle Dame Sans Merci), StumbleUpon (Otherworld) and StumbleUpon (Black and White). When I started to use the Soup.io service, I stopped maintaining those.

del.icio.us (Morgaine)

Oct 30, 2003

http://www.delicious.com/morgaine
30/10/2003 - present "Delicious is a social bookmarking service. You can save all your bookmarks online, share them with others, and see what others are bookmarking. In addition, search and tagging tools help you keep track of your entire bookmark collection and find tasty new bookmarks from people like you."

del.icio.us

Period: Oct 30, 2003 to May 23, 2011

http://www.delicious.com/morgaine "Delicious is a social bookmarking service. You can save all your bookmarks online, share them with others, and see what others are bookmarking. In addition, search and tagging tools help you keep track of your entire bookmark collection and find tasty new bookmarks from people like you."

Flickr (Morgaine)

Feb 2, 2004

http://www.flickr.com/photos/morgaine
02/02/2004 - present "Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. It enables new ways of organising photos and video, and helps you to make your photos available to people that matter to you."

Flickr

Period: Feb 2, 2004 to May 23, 2011

http://www.flickr.com/photos/morgaine/ "Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. It enables new ways of organising photos and video, and helps you to make your photos available to people that matter to you."

Multiply

Apr 23, 2004

http://morgaine.multiply.com/
23/04/2004 - 06/02/2007 "From its origins as a place to share photos, videos and more with people you care about in real life, Multiply has evolved into a vibrant Social Shopping destination that connects online merchants with shoppers interested in all kinds of products and services, from clothing and jewelry to electronics and appliances." Exactly why I don't use it anymore, even though the account is still active.

Multiply

Period: Apr 23, 2004 to Feb 6, 2007

http://morgaine.multiply.com "From its origins as a place to share photos, videos and more with people you care about in real life, Multiply has evolved into a vibrant Social Shopping destination that connects online merchants with shoppers interested in all kinds of products and services, from clothing and jewelry to electronics and appliances." Exactly why I don't use the service anymore, even though the account is still active.

StumbleUpon (La Belle Dame Sans Merci)

Dec 24, 2004

http://labdsm.stumbleupon.com'
24/12/2004 - 02/08/2008 "StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of over 15 million other websurfers with interests similar to you."

Last.FM

Mar 26, 2005

http://www.last.fm/user/morgainelefaye
26/03/2005 - present "Last.fm is a music recommendation service. You use Last.fm by signing up and downloading The Scrobbler, which helps you discover more music based on the songs you play." It also has many social features.

Last.FM

Period: Mar 26, 2005 to May 23, 2011

http://www.last.fm/user/morgainelefaye "Last.fm is a music recommendation service. You use Last.fm by signing up and downloading The Scrobbler, which helps you discover more music based on the songs you play." It also has many social features.

StumbleUpon (Black and White)

Apr 1, 2005

http://blackandwhite.stumbleupon.com
01/04/2005 - 12/07/2007 "StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of over 15 million other websurfers with interests similar to you."

StumbleUpon (Otherworld)

Jun 19, 2005

http://otherworld.stumbleupon.com
19/06/2005 - 10/12/2009 "StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of over 15 million other websurfers with interests similar to you."

LinkedIn

Dec 21, 2005

http://www.linkedin.com/in/irmavermaat
21/12/2005 - present "LinkedIn is the world’s largest and most effective business network. On LinkedIn, professionals find jobs, people and business opportunities recommended by their existing network of trusted contacts. Through referrals from the people they know, professionals can get in touch with the job candidates, industry experts and business partners they want to reach."

LinkedIn

Period: Dec 21, 2005 to May 23, 2011

http://www.linkedin.com/in/irmavermaat "LinkedIn is the world’s largest and most effective business network. On LinkedIn, professionals find jobs, people and business opportunities recommended by their existing network of trusted contacts. Through referrals from the people they know, professionals can get in touch with the job candidates, industry experts and business partners they want to reach."

Newsvine

Mar 3, 2006

http://irma.newsvine.com/
03/03/2006 - present "Seattle-based Newsvine, Inc. was launched in March 2006 by a small team of like-minded colleagues with one purpose: to build a perfectly different, perfectly efficient way to read, write, and interact with the news."

Newsvine

Period: Mar 3, 2006 to May 23, 2011

http://irma.newsvine.com/ "Seattle-based Newsvine, Inc. was launched in March 2006 by a small team of like-minded colleagues with one purpose: to build a perfectly different, perfectly efficient way to read, write, and interact with the news."

YouTube

May 8, 2006

http://www.youtube.com/morgainelefaye
08/05/2006 - present "Founded in February 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original-content creators and advertisers, large and small."

YouTube

Period: May 8, 2006 to May 23, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/morgainelefaye "Founded in February 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original-content creators and advertisers, large and small."

Vox

Period: Aug 26, 2006 to Sep 30, 2010

Vox closed down on September 30th, 2010. It was a blogging platform by Six Apart, and wanted to emphasise the social aspects of blogging, offering people several easy to use tools. It also had many privacy options.

Vox (Irma Vermaat)

Aug 27, 2006

Service no longer online.
27/08/2006 - 30/09/2010 Vox closed down on September 30th, 2010. It was a blogging platform by Six Apart, and wanted to emphasise the social aspects of blogging, offering people several easy to use tools. It also had many privacy options.

Twitter (Morgaine)

Dec 15, 2006

http://twitter.com/Morgaine
15/12/2006 - present

Twitter

Period: Dec 15, 2006 to May 23, 2011

http://twitter.com/Morgaine "Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting. Simply find the public streams you find most compelling and follow the conversations."

Facebook (Irma Vermaat)

May 12, 2007

http://www.facebook.com/irma.vermaat
12/05/2007 - present "Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected."

Facebook

Period: May 12, 2007 to May 23, 2011

http://www.facebook.com/irma.vermaat "Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected."

FriendFeed (Morgaine)

Feb 29, 2008

http://friendfeed.com/morgaine
29/02/2008 - present "FriendFeed is a service that makes it easy to share with friends online. It offers a fun and interactive way to discover and discuss information among friends."

FriendFeed

Period: Feb 29, 2008 to May 23, 2011

http://friendfeed.com/morgaine "FriendFeed is a service that makes it easy to share with friends online. It offers a fun and interactive way to discover and discuss information among friends."

Twitter (polyamory)

Mar 13, 2008

http://twitter.com/polyamory
13/03/2008 - present This is a topical Twitter account, maintained by me, and followed by over 1000. "Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting. Simply find the public streams you find most compelling and follow the conversations."

Twitter (polyamory)

Period: Mar 13, 2008 to May 23, 2011

http://twitter.com/polyamory This is a topical Twitter account, maintained by me, and followed by over 1000. "Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting. Simply find the public streams you find most compelling and follow the conversations."

vi.sualize.us (Morgaine)

Aug 17, 2008

http://vi.sualize.us/morgaine/
17/08/2008 - present "VisualizeUs is a social bookmarking website for visual contents — VisualizeUs (read visualize us) allows you to remember your favorite images from all over the web, and share them with everyone."

vi.sualize.us

Period: Aug 17, 2008 to May 23, 2011

http://vi.sualize.us/morgaine/

Amplify (Morgaine)

Nov 20, 2009

http://morgaine.amplify.com
20/10/2009 - present "Whether it's an interesting excerpt from an article you read on the web or a photo, video or original idea, Amplify gives you a simple, social way to share and discuss things that interest you."

Amplify

Period: Nov 20, 2009 to May 23, 2011

http://morgaine.amplify.com is my main Amplify account. I've also created several topical accounts, such as Digital curation, (e)government and (e)learning. Those are open to others willing to particpate.

Foursquare

Jul 3, 2010

https://foursquare.com/morgaine
03/07/2010 - present "Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore. By “checking in” via a smartphone app or SMS, users share their location with friends while collecting points and virtual badges."

Foursquare

Period: Jul 3, 2010 to May 23, 2011

https://foursquare.com/morgaine "Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore. By “checking in” via a smartphone app or SMS, users share their location with friends while collecting points and virtual badges."