Caitlin's+Page-+Minority+Groups

Do I need to figure out how to have the screen shots directly on my wiki or can I just have pics to click on if you are interested?

The creator had to remove the blog feature because there was too much spam.

The minority online network I chose is Gay City Citizens: http://gaycityweb.ning.com/ This is a social networking site for the gay community. I was interested in this site because I noticed they talk about issues in the gay community. I have gay friends and so I thought it would be interested in seeing what others around the world said. There seems to be a variety of countries mixed in with all the US states. There are only 413 members and it doesn't seem like it's growing that much. I think that there won't be too many more people joining the network. Joining the network has been a little weird because I am straight and I feel like I can't really participate/shouldn't really participate in some of the conversations. Mostly for this reason I have kept my comments so that they aren't personal.

Here are some blog shots. A few people blog a lot and most people don't at all. You can subscribe to blogs, sorta like following people on Twitter.





This is what the profile and main page looks like.



Here is the groups page. You can get a badge for doing stuff. They also have events having to do with the gay community. I thought this was cool so that people can check out stuff in their area.



The forum page is interesting because people talk about stuff. Many people aren't interested in talking and are just looking to meet other gays... which is pretty weird for me because I want to meet people but not to get involved with them. It's slightly creepy because I am not into meeting people online really... and also because I'm heterosexual.