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...Facebook) and Petster.com (remember Friendster?). Pets write messages to one another about shared interests and offer advice on health problems, training or local dog-friendly parks. Some have even enlisted their caretakers to arrange offline play dates. "Animals are natural social-networking beasts," says Noah Paessel, CEO of SNIF Labs, a tech firm started by a group of MIT Media Lab graduate students to study "social networking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Networks Target Pets | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...sites like Doggyspace could be the wave of the future. As social networking changes from a buzzword to an increasingly regular part of life, SNIF Labs' chief technology officer, Jonathan Gips, says online communities based on a common interest will become more prevalent. "There will be more niches," he says. Already Doggyspace is starting to attract non-canine species: a white rabbit named Nixie writes on her profile, "I am a bunny, but I joined this because there is no BunnySpace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Networks Target Pets | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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