This is a Social Media 101 post that I’ll use to compile a list of the biggest sites on the social media scene for reference. Enjoy:

Social Media Content Tools - Use these to research social media topics.

• Technorati – The biggest blog directory. Focused on latest posts.
• Google Blogsearch – Google gone blog.
• BlogPulse – Who is saying what about you?
• BlogPulse Trend – What is the trend of terms over time

Blog Sites (yes, I know there are lots but these are early and active sites):

• Boing Boing- Random Directory of Wonderful Things
  
• Social Media Today – Thinking on Social Media and Web 2.0
• Mashable – Social Media News and Doins’
  
• TechCrunch - Tech Startup News you can Use

Wiki Sites:

• Wikipedia – The mother of all Wiki’s – 100 million man hours into the collaborative encyclopedia
• One Laptop per Child – A great example of how to support a cause in a collaborative method.
• IBM Wikis – Big time geek wikis for developer. Obviously company supported and encouraged but a nice example of geeks gone wild.

Multimedia Sites for Sharing

• Flickr – photo sharing site
• Photobucket – also photo sharing site
• YouTube – the daddy of video sharing
• Seesmic - communicate/share via video. easier than YouTube
• Metacafe - video entertainment

Microblogging Services – (or, blogging for the ADD crowd)

• Twitter – Follow me (scottfasser)!
• Tumblr - Post and share anything
• Plurk – Social journal with cool timeline interface
• Seesmic – microblogging and video

Social Bookmark Tagging – Save this for later!

• Del.icio.us – yummy way to re-find sites.
• Stumble Upon – tag, chew, discover
• Sphinn – great for internet and social media marketers
• Digg – Vote (or Digg) favorite posts for fun and profit!
• Reddit – Hard to read popularity contest. I like Digg better.

Social Network Sites – Make a place for yourself online!

• MySpace - for kids and rock stars
• Facebook – for real people with fun
• AdGabber - ad folks
• LinkedIn – Serious Business
• Plaxo Pulse – Keeping your contacts updated

I’ll be adding more as I discover and engage. Comment if there are some big ones that you’d like to see here!