DISQUS

Dan Schawbel · 10 months ago

No problem David. From my research, this is the first post of it's kind and I know a lot of Gen-Y'ers read Mashable. A good marraige ;)

Dan Schawbel · 10 months ago

No problem David. From my research, this is the first post of it's kind and I know a lot of Gen-Y'ers read Mashable. A good marraige ;)

Joe Gelb · 10 months ago

This is a very good list. My year book for example is one of my favorite online social communities because it is like facebook plus the bells and whistles. The humor of leaving those crazy text comments on everyones wall is outlandish.

Joe Gelb · 10 months ago

This is a very good list. My year book for example is one of my favorite online social communities because it is like facebook plus the bells and whistles. The humor of leaving those crazy text comments on everyones wall is outlandish.

Jamie · 10 months ago

I'm very active in 20SB on Ning. I was number 122 so it's amazing how big it's gotten in the past year and a half but it still remains such a great community.

I'm new to Brazen Careerist though and haven't heard about the others but I'm definitely going to check them out.

Great post!

Jamie · 10 months ago

I'm very active in 20SB on Ning. I was number 122 so it's amazing how big it's gotten in the past year and a half but it still remains such a great community.

I'm new to Brazen Careerist though and haven't heard about the others but I'm definitely going to check them out.

Great post!

Maxie · 10 months ago

Great post-- I'm active on 20sb and it is an amazing network. It's rapidly growing and I can't wait to see what happens with it in the future.

Maxie · 10 months ago

Great post-- I'm active on 20sb and it is an amazing network. It's rapidly growing and I can't wait to see what happens with it in the future.

Jun Loayza · 10 months ago

Dan, I am very happy that FD Career made it on your top ten list. We are working super hard to create a site that will benefit the Gen Y. We're still in Beta mode, but hopefully we'll be able to fix all the bugs and generate more quests.

All these sites are really good. I've already checked them all out.

Jun Loayza · 10 months ago

Dan, I am very happy that FD Career made it on your top ten list. We are working super hard to create a site that will benefit the Gen Y. We're still in Beta mode, but hopefully we'll be able to fix all the bugs and generate more quests.

All these sites are really good. I've already checked them all out.

Brette Borow · 10 months ago

Great list. I love Unigo. Also check out http:herhotspot.com - its a community exclusively for Gen Y women

Brette Borow · 10 months ago

Great list. I love Unigo. Also check out http:herhotspot.com - its a community exclusively for Gen Y women

Tori Rosen · 10 months ago

This website is what facebook was...and more!...thequad.com encompasses everything college, is easy to use and is well designed. The best part is that it is only for people with and edu. so people who shouldn't see what you're doing won't.
Rock on!!!!

Tori Rosen · 10 months ago

This website is what facebook was...and more!...thequad.com encompasses everything college, is easy to use and is well designed. The best part is that it is only for people with and edu. so people who shouldn't see what you're doing won't.
Rock on!!!!

Roger Pimentel · 10 months ago

No love for Lymabean? Definitely worth a look... http://www.lymabean.com. Social network for college students built all in Flex.

Roger Pimentel · 10 months ago

No love for Lymabean? Definitely worth a look... http://www.lymabean.com. Social network for college students built all in Flex.

Ryan Paugh · 10 months ago

Hey Dan,

Thanks for giving Brazen a shout out! We really appreciate all your support.

-RP

Ryan Paugh · 10 months ago

Hey Dan,

Thanks for giving Brazen a shout out! We really appreciate all your support.

-RP

Alexia Vernon · 10 months ago

Love the breadth of sites included. From Brazen to Barack. Brilliant!

Alexia Vernon · 10 months ago

Love the breadth of sites included. From Brazen to Barack. Brilliant!

Graham · 10 months ago

Enjoyed your blog, Dan, I feel so "connected".
As a brazen Gen Y'er I also want to give a shoutout to CampusCompare, an interactive college search website and social network. In their dynamic ‘virtual campus’, they connect high school and college students to over 3,000 universities and each other, publishing fresh student reviews and merging campus life experiences. You can even find your odds of getting into any school! (ouch)
http://www.campuscompare.com/what-are-my-chances/

Graham · 10 months ago

Enjoyed your blog, Dan, I feel so "connected".
As a brazen Gen Y'er I also want to give a shoutout to CampusCompare, an interactive college search website and social network. In their dynamic ‘virtual campus’, they connect high school and college students to over 3,000 universities and each other, publishing fresh student reviews and merging campus life experiences. You can even find your odds of getting into any school! (ouch)
http://www.campuscompare.com/what-are-my-chances/

Jerk · 10 months ago

How come you folks never mention Multiply.com. They use mod_perl!

:P

Jerk · 10 months ago

How come you folks never mention Multiply.com. They use mod_perl!

:P

deepikaur · 10 months ago

Very nice list. Unigo is pretty helpful. I've used it before to help narrow down my choices. I've been looking for something like CoolPeopleCare to help find more volunteering opportunities within my community for a while, so thanks on the head's up! Will also give the other sites a visit.

deepikaur · 10 months ago

Very nice list. Unigo is pretty helpful. I've used it before to help narrow down my choices. I've been looking for something like CoolPeopleCare to help find more volunteering opportunities within my community for a while, so thanks on the head's up! Will also give the other sites a visit.

David · 10 months ago

As part of BrazenCareerist.com and a member of 20 Something Bloggers, I'm happy to see both of these Gen Y social networking sites topping your list!

David · 10 months ago

As part of BrazenCareerist.com and a member of 20 Something Bloggers, I'm happy to see both of these Gen Y social networking sites topping your list!

Sam Davidson · 10 months ago

As part of Brazen Careerist and founder of CoolPeopleCare, I can vouch for the awesomeness of both. :)

Thanks for mentioning us, Dan!

Sam Davidson · 10 months ago

As part of Brazen Careerist and founder of CoolPeopleCare, I can vouch for the awesomeness of both. :)

Thanks for mentioning us, Dan!

Keegan · 10 months ago

I believe there is a difference between Gen-Y and Millenials. I'm a cold y'er... millenials came afterwards.

Keegan · 10 months ago

I believe there is a difference between Gen-Y and Millenials. I'm a cold y'er... millenials came afterwards.

Paul Howitt · 10 months ago

I'm not Gen-Y. I have my own social network site for people who cares about health diet. btw, nice list. thanks Dan

Paul Howitt · 10 months ago

I'm not Gen-Y. I have my own social network site for people who cares about health diet. btw, nice list. thanks Dan

Gerry · 10 months ago

All well and good, there's some useful stuff here, BUT you might want to keep in mind a quote from a member of what might be called the -C generation, Marcus Tullius Cicero, now engraved, on university libraries:

"He who knows only his own generation remains forever a child."

Gerry · 10 months ago

All well and good, there's some useful stuff here, BUT you might want to keep in mind a quote from a member of what might be called the -C generation, Marcus Tullius Cicero, now engraved, on university libraries:

"He who knows only his own generation remains forever a child."

jimmy · 10 months ago

each one of these networks is trashy, tacky, irrelevant, gimmicky garbage. Also, labelling a 'generation' as x,y, or z is a hideous cliche.

jimmy · 10 months ago

each one of these networks is trashy, tacky, irrelevant, gimmicky garbage. Also, labelling a 'generation' as x,y, or z is a hideous cliche.

Cham · 10 months ago

No Facebook or Myspace? What about Livejournal?

Cham · 10 months ago

No Facebook or Myspace? What about Livejournal?

spencer · 10 months ago

CollegeClickTV.com is great site and tool for prospective college-bound students. The videos are much better than that of Unigo.

spencer · 10 months ago

CollegeClickTV.com is great site and tool for prospective college-bound students. The videos are much better than that of Unigo.

Charles Chua C K · 10 months ago

Great article,now I get to know Generation-Y better. I am a baby boomer.

Charles Chua C K · 10 months ago

Great article,now I get to know Generation-Y better. I am a baby boomer.

kyrie · 10 months ago

In the near future, nuResume will be on this list too. Student networking for internships and resumes is pretty cool! nuresume.com if you please

Stu · 10 months ago

Suprised Campography was mentioned. 20 Somethings have 400 members and Campography has 40,000 20 somethings :)

I guess not everyone went to summer camp.

Stu · 10 months ago

Suprised Campography was mentioned. 20 Somethings have 400 members and Campography has 40,000 20 somethings :)

I guess not everyone went to summer camp.

Stu · 10 months ago

Suprised Campography was mentioned. 20 Somethings have 400 members and Campography has 40,000 20 somethings :)

I guess not everyone went to summer camp.

@money24seven · 10 months ago

Hey like-minded community spirited follower’s one n'all … Yes absolutely excellent informative blog post … happy to be here just great to have found you all … because I clicked 2here simply because researching my new idea which is? to use more images against words to interact from this day hence ... life wasn't really meant to be a struggle ... so why wade through pages of informational-spew just to get to the punch line ... display it as its spent-2be "is my new mission statement" ... *how about you neighbor* ...

By the way I found my-way happily here from Twitter my favorite relaxations like-minded relational addiction!!! .. So its no reaction I would spot this comment great use of social networking if you wanted to follow me! Hints…

... @lfar, @ihatesomuch, @freeandflawed, @bboudreau, @ashleyd, and myself (@dblogged) are just about ready to launch sign-ups for the 20 Something Bloggers Ultimate Meetup in Chicago over the weekend of June 25th, 2009…members of 20SB are going to come together to finally meet one another and to run around Chicago together. check out the details here: http://20SBMeetup.wordpress.com

if you’re reading this and you’re a micro blogger candidate

Just-A-like Arnie I'll be back
Wilson Cowden

@money24seven · 10 months ago

Hey like-minded community spirited follower’s one n'all … Yes absolutely excellent informative blog post … happy to be here just great to have found you all … because I clicked 2here simply because researching my new idea which is? to use more images against words to interact from this day hence ... life wasn't really meant to be a struggle ... so why wade through pages of informational-spew just to get to the punch line ... display it as its spent-2be "is my new mission statement" ... *how about you neighbor* ...

By the way I found my-way happily here from Twitter my favorite relaxations like-minded relational addiction!!! .. So its no reaction I would spot this comment great use of social networking if you wanted to follow me! Hints…

... @lfar, @ihatesomuch, @freeandflawed, @bboudreau, @ashleyd, and myself (@dblogged) are just about ready to launch sign-ups for the 20 Something Bloggers Ultimate Meetup in Chicago over the weekend of June 25th, 2009…members of 20SB are going to come together to finally meet one another and to run around Chicago together. check out the details here: http://20SBMeetup.wordpress.com

if you’re reading this and you’re a micro blogger candidate

Just-A-like Arnie I'll be back
Wilson Cowden

@money24seven · 10 months ago

Hey like-minded community spirited follower’s one n'all … Yes absolutely excellent informative blog post … happy to be here just great to have found you all … because I clicked 2here simply because researching my new idea which is? to use more images against words to interact from this day hence ... life wasn't really meant to be a struggle ... so why wade through pages of informational-spew just to get to the punch line ... display it as its spent-2be "is my new mission statement" ... *how about you neighbor* ...

By the way I found my-way happily here from Twitter my favorite relaxations like-minded relational addiction!!! .. So its no reaction I would spot this comment great use of social networking if you wanted to follow me! Hints…

... @lfar, @ihatesomuch, @freeandflawed, @bboudreau, @ashleyd, and myself (@dblogged) are just about ready to launch sign-ups for the 20 Something Bloggers Ultimate Meetup in Chicago over the weekend of June 25th, 2009…members of 20SB are going to come together to finally meet one another and to run around Chicago together. check out the details here: http://20SBMeetup.wordpress.com

if you’re reading this and you’re a micro blogger candidate

Just-A-like Arnie I'll be back
Wilson Cowden

VoteAudrey · 10 months ago

Sweet list. Thanks for digging past the ubiquitous Facebook and getting into some sites that are more niche :)

VoteAudrey · 10 months ago

Sweet list. Thanks for digging past the ubiquitous Facebook and getting into some sites that are more niche :)

Goldwing Guy · 10 months ago

you know..... in a way this could almost be an onion article as some of these are just plain rediculous

Goldwing Guy · 10 months ago

you know..... in a way this could almost be an onion article as some of these are just plain rediculous

Eddie Gear · 10 months ago

Hi there,

Thank you for sharing. I find this post very information and also helps me explore more into social networking to build a stronger blogging network.

Cheers,
Eddie Gear

Eddie Gear · 10 months ago

Hi there,

Thank you for sharing. I find this post very information and also helps me explore more into social networking to build a stronger blogging network.

Cheers,
Eddie Gear

Sarah · 9 months ago

Hey - I have recently started a new social network site aimed at Gen-Yers so interesting to see this post! The idea of this site is to pull together all the creativity of Gen Yers on the web as there is some truly amazing stuff outside of the blogosphere which 20SB is aimed at. It also has a blog based around product news, debate and marketing aimed at or around gen-y.

Have a look and see what you think!

iamgenerationy.ning.com

Saad · 8 months ago

Thanks for this informative post...is there a list of good social networking sites for Gen X. I am already a part of Linkedin, facebook, ning, & twitter. I am trying to find other alternatives to help me expand my reach. Thanks in advance for your help.

Lea C · 7 months ago

Thanks for this awesome list of networks. Of course I will use them and spread the word about your list.

Sincerely,
Lea Charlton
ourprivatenetwork.com

Kathy Amundson · 7 months ago

Good article about the Top 10 Social Networks for the New Millennials,

Glenn Colarossi · 6 months ago

Great article! I am looking for info on gen y's feelings on exercise, health clubs and anything fitness related. Do they like health clubs? Are they brand loyal, which brands do they prefer, how to keep them entertained while exercising, does the technology trend apply to fitness..do they like new gadgets, etc. Can you help me? Thanks

moneyremix · 6 months ago

It's time for Generation Y to wake the hell up!: http://tinyurl.com/paj7sj

Dave · 6 months ago

There is one social networking site that is attracting gen Y, X and other generations.

http://www.meetmylastname.com

Daniel C · 5 months ago

What?? There is no BADOO?? Badoo is the coolest social network for Gen-Yers. I don't get it, so much talk about socila networks and no mention of Badoo. www.badsoo.com

Hunter White · 4 months ago

This is an interesting article. I am a Gen-Y'er and have never heard of that social network. I will definitely check it out. As I college student, I will also check out thequad - I think that is a great name (as most college students can tell you). I also like www.incompany.com which is a business social network, maybe it will make this list soon.

businesssocialnetwork · 3 months ago

This is a good list. Some other sites that are good for business networking are www.bnet.com and http://www.incompany.com

Networking · 3 months ago

Great article. I haven't heard of many of these so it was really helpful. I was surprised that Facebook or Myspace weren't up there but I guess they don't need to be since everyone knows them already. I actually just heard about one new business networking site for young professionals called InCompany (www.incompany.com) which looks like it could also be an up-and-coming social network for Generation Y. Thanks again for these site ideas.

Hunter White · 2 months ago

This is a pretty good list. I really like the concept of thequad.com; as a college student this really makes sense over facebook. I also like the clever name. Obama's website during his campaign was genius. I suspect that we will be seeing much more of this kind of political campaigning in the future.