Yesterday I came across an article on CNN dot com about God Tube, and got to thinking about the various websites, television programs, video games and other mass “entertainment” venues which emulating one another.

We’ll just take a quick look at a few websites that emulate others. I doubt I’ll have to get into much detail about who and what is being emulated.

• My Church
• His Holy Space
• Orkut
• God Tube
• Student Face
• Bebo
• And the list could go on forever…

I can’t help but wonder:

How are these sites able to operate without being sued?

I can’t help but wonder how those sites manage to operate without getting sued? Don’t get me wrong I like a few of those sites, but from a legal standpoint how can a site like His Holy Space exist without raising a bunch of hackles in the legal department over at Myspace? The only conclusion I can reach is that these sites are left alone because they somehow help Myspace’s bottom line.

How long will this social networking craze sustain itself?

A few days ago I quickly addressed the fact that there are literally hundreds of social networking sites out there. How long can this possibly continue as a successful business model? Just today I joined three more for research purposes. I can’t count how many I’ve joined just long enough to use the interface and have never gone back (You’d be amazed by how many people call me to work on their computers which translates to - “Please help me sign up for (insert social networking flavor of the day here)”

A few months ago I wrote about reaching critical mass with Myspace friends, but I didn’t give much thought to reaching critical mass with social networks in general. I blame it on the fact that all I had, all I needed to have before starting this blog was a Facebook and a Myspace account. Either way the more I research this social networking phenomenon the more I realize it can’t possibly continue on as it has been. Or can it?

How about the social bookmarking sites?

Not to be outdone by social networking the social bookmarking sites are just as out of control. There are over 200 of these as well. From Stumbleupon to Sphinn to Reddit and hundreds of others. I could spend hours upon hours each day submitting my articles to social bookmarking sites. I don’t know who the original was and I don’t care who the original was, but I do wonder how many of these sites can the internet support?

A few questions for you reader:

• How many social networking/bookmarking sites do you use?
• How often do you make use of them?
• Do you continue to join new ones?
• How much of an impact have they had on your website/blog or life in general?

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