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The sole purpose of most online communities which are based on social networking model is to be of use to its members. Even so, a large number of them escapes this reasoning. There are useful networks, and then there are useful networks.
Well! Here comes our Top 10 List of the most useful online communities today.
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The Freecycle Network
The Freecycle Network™ has almost 7 million members across the globe. It’s a network of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. The mission of Freecycle Network is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on landfills. Impressive, really.
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Fiverr
Fiverr is the proof that brilliant ideas are the simple ones. It is the place for people to share things they are willing to do for $5. You’d be surprised how many great gigs you can find when it comes to social marketing, advertising, online promotion, writing, unusual and fun gifts, business, or just outright bizarre.
And it just might inspire you to post a gig of your own and earn a quick $5. Check it out, you won’t be sorry.
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AolAnswers
Formerly known as Yedda, AolAnswers is a very useful site. Their motto is: “Connecting people looking for knowledge with people who have the knowledge.” It’s that simple. This is a place to share, explore and discover knowledge – a place where you can connect with people of interests similar to yours. Based on your preferences, you see those questions and answers that are likely to be of interest to you. The dynamic, self-evolving system adapts itself to the user, so the more you use AolAnswers, the better results you are likely to get.
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Swapaskill
SwapaSkill is an online community where people swap skills, favors, and even items. Legal advice for home repairs, guitar lessons for webpage design, second hand car for home decoration, anything goes.
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99designs
99designs is the best place on the internet to get professional, high quality and affordable graphic design services. It is based on the principle of crowdsourcing, or having an open contest for your project and letting designers compete to win your business.
How does it work? You pay up front and set the price for your logo, flyer, website, or whatever it is you need. You then create a “brief” — a description of what you want — and wait. Within days, designers from around the world will submit their prospective design solutions. You then need to rate each design and give feedback to designer. After a set time, your contest ends, and you pick an overall winner, who then sends you the logo in either PSD (Photoshop format; suitable for Web logos) or AI format (Adobe Illustrator–better for printing.)
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Live Mocha
Live Mocha is an online platform for learning foreign languages, integrated with a global community of language learners. Currently it supports six popular languages – English, Spanish, French, Hindi, German, and Mandarin Chinese.
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CouchSurfing
CouchSurfing is an international network that connects travelers with locals in over 230 countries and territories around the world. This is a revolutionary concept in low-budget accommodation: members open the door of their home to accommodate a traveller, usually on the living room sofa. But more than this, people come together for cultural exchange, friendship, and learning experiences. Today, over a million people who might otherwise never meet are able to share hospitality and cultural understanding.
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SwapStyle
SwapStyle is the best kept fashion secret for women around the world. It’s an interactive fashion website where members can swap, rather than buy, unlimited designer clothes, accessories, cosmetics, shoes, and other fashion items with each other.
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PaperbackSwap
There are many book exchange websites, but PaperbackSwap is definitely the biggest one, and not limited only to paperbacks. Here you can trade hardbacks, audio books, textbooks, etc. Equally useful are the two sister sites, SwapaCD and SwapaDVD.
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Advice Network
How many times have you asked a friend or neighbor for advice? Now, imagine a whole network of friends ready to provide you with the advice you seek–all armed with the expert knowledge of true industry professionals. That’s what Advice Network does: simple, effective connections for just about anything, from great advice to vendors ready to help out.
From wedding planning to home improvement to real estate to business issues and much, much more, Advice Network was founded based on the idea that people simply need help with whatever they’re doing. By providing a central hub for industry professionals to communicate through articles, members have the opportunity to connect to each other.
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Wow, PaperbackSwap – smart site! With the prices of books now, it makes perfect sense to do this. Thank you… I don’t know how I would have found this site if I didn’t stumble upon your site!
Keep up the great job; very informative.
Nice list! I’ll make sure to bookmark this page, it will come in handy.
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Certainly. I agree with told all above.
I’ve used Couch Surfing, and it works! The rest are all new to me, I’ll definitely give them a try!
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And you get an account on Twitter?
Very useful and nice site!
Love yedda ! Great site.
Great info, thanks for mentioning swapstyle what a fantastic site!
another great Q&A site like Yedda is askalo, a local Q&A community that allows everyone to discover new experiences about their city in a fun and enjoyable atmosphere. Ask any question about things to do in your city and receive unique and useful answers from local people.