It’s a terrible day here in Boston, and I’ve run out of shows on my DVR. So, I thought I’d actually get back to the keyboard and do something productive. As you probably already know, the mashable Open Web Awards nominees have been named, and voting goes until Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008.
Here are the nominees for the category: Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks
dotblu- I’d never heard of dotblu, and when I checked out the site, it was like being blindfolded and dropped off at a carnival midway. There’s just so much going on everywhere that I have no idea what’s going on. But here’s what the about page says:
dotblu is a community dedicated to friendly competitive online gaming.
Our members compete in a variety of different online games, like prediction questions, quizzes and online flash games. They compete against friends in a fun and friendly atmosphere for BluBucks, our virtual currency, and use their profile to keep up with their friends and show off the wealth of BluBucks they’ve accumulated.
Odds of winning: 37-1
Facebook- Yes, I’ve heard of facebook. It won last year’s Judges Choice award in this category, and I don’t see why it won’t win this year. But the people’s choice last year went to Netlog (a European social network with over 30 million users), so who knows.
Odds of winning: 3-1
Fast Pitch! – Fast Pitch is a little bit like LinkedIn, as the goal of the network is to help professionals enhance their online presence.
Odds of winning: 70-1
FriendFeed – friendfeed isn’t really a social network in my mind. Rather, it’s more of a social aggregator that bridges connections between other social networks.
Odds of winning: 10-1
koornk – koornk is a “personal shouting place” that seems to be exactly like twitter, but in another language.
Odds of winning: 7-1
Multiply – Multiply is a social network for families, with the tagline “Multiply makes it easy to create, share and discuss your blog, photos, and videos with more of the people you know, and fewer of the people you don’t.”
Odds of winning: 13-1
MyHeritage – A family network that combines your family tree with social components. I’d never used MyHeritage before, and I love it. Most genealogy sites make sharing very clumsy and often associate a cost with even basic functionality. Not this one.
Odds of winning: 15-1
MySpace – We all know about myspace, but I think that its popularity is in decline with the mashable-aged audience.
Odds of winning- 8-1
Netlog – This was last year’s People’s Choice winner, and I’m not sure why. So hey, it must be a top contender again this year.
Odds of winning- 2-1
Platinum Lounge Just don’t. Don’t click that link. Don’t go to the Platinum Lounge. Unless this site is a brilliant parody, I’d suggest you just move along.
Odds of winning- 9999-1
ShareNow Another social network focused on sharing photos, videos, etc. They seem to focus more on meeting new friends based on shared interests.
Odds of winning- 5-1
sMeet – A social network where you create an avatar, and communicate with friends in a secondlife-like 3D environment.
Odds of winning- 23-1
Squidoo – Basically a modern-day geocities. You build a page called a “lens”, slap some ads on it, etc.
Odds of winning- 14-1
Twitter – See, this is a weird one. Twitter won the Judges Choice Award for best mobile app last year, and this year it’s up for an award in the mainstream & large scale social network category. And since people that use twitter LOVE twitter, I have a feeling it will win.
Odds of winning- 2-1
So, there we have it. I’m calling this one for twitter. You can vote for your favorite using the widget embedded below:
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