Appendix
Extra Information and Resources
Throughout the book we gave several examples of existing social media platforms and software tools. However, we barely scratched the surface of what is available. In this appendix, we list several more platforms and tools that you may find useful and point you to resources where you can get even more information.
Social Media Platforms
Hundreds of social media platforms exist, a few of which we list in Table A.1. This list is barely exhaustive but should help illustrate the diversity of social media platforms. For more information, check out the source that we used to fill out Table A.1. The source is, of course, one of the most popular crowdsourcing platforms in the world, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites).
Table A.1 Social Media Platforms
| Platform | Description / Subject |
| AsianAvenue | Asian American networking |
| aSmallWorld | European social elite |
| BIGADDA | Indian networking |
| Blip.no | Norwegian networking |
| Busuu | Language learning |
| CafeMom | Mothers |
| CaringBridge | Connects families during a health event |
| Cloob | Iranian networking |
| CozyCot | East and Southeast Asian women |
| Cyworld | South Korea networking |
| douban | Chinese reviews |
| FledgeWing | University students interested in entrepreneurship |
| Fotolog | Photoblogging |
| GovLoop | People in and around government |
| Grono.net | Poland networking |
| Ibibo | Talent in India |
| Jiepang | Location-based networking for Chinese |
| LAGbook | Africa-based networking |
| LaiBhaari | Marathi networking |
| mixi | Japanese |
| OUTeverywhere | LGBT community |
| Plurk | Microblogging in Taiwan |
| Raptr | Video games |
| ScienceStage | For scientists |
| Skoob | Brazilian |
| Sonico.com | Networking—Spanish and Portuguese |
| Spaces | Russian mobile phone users |
| Taringa! | Argentinian |
| Vkontakte | Networking for Polish and former Soviets |
| Vampirefreaks.com | Gothic subculture |
| Wakoopa | Software and games |
| WAYN | Travel |
| Business in West-Central Europe | |
| Xt3 | Catholic networking |
| Zoo.gr | Greek |
| Zooppa | Creative talent |
Software Tools
The number of relevant software tools available is too long to list. In Table A.2, we list some that we use frequently.
Table A.2 Software Tools
| Software | Organization | URL |
| Big Sheet | IBM jStart | http://www-01.ibm.com/software/ebusiness/jstart/bigsheets/ |
| R | R Foundation | http://erzuli.ss.uci.edu/R.stuff/ |
| Gephi | Gephi Consortium | http://gephi.org/ |
| Analysts Notebook | IBM i2 | http://www.i2group.com/us/products/analysis-product-line/ibm-i2-analysts-notebook |
| Palantir | Palantir Technologies | http://www.palantir.com/ |
| Pajek | Creative Commons | http://pajek.imfm.si/doku.php |
| Mathematica | Wolfram Research | http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/ |
| ORA | CMU CASOS | http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/projects/ora/ |
| Netminer | Cyram Inc | http://www.netminer.com/index .php |
| Visone | Universität Konstanz | http://visone.info/index.html |
| NetworkX: Python | Los Alamos National Lab | http://math.lanl.gov/Research/Highlights/networkx.shtml |
For information about social media monitoring capabilities, check out the list at http://wiki.kenburbary.com/.