We’ve been working on finding all sorts of new ways to bring Narnia and C.S. Lewis movie news to more people around the world. We’ve started working on a few things, including launching NarniaFans profiles on some of the biggest and newest social networks out there. If you’re on any of these, add us as a friend. We won’t turn you down, I promise! In case you were wondering what networks we’ve joined, we’re going to tell you about each of them right here.
Bebo – We’ve added a new page to Bebo that has a lot of friends as well.
Facebook Fanpage – We’ve created a fast growing fanpage on Facebook that has nearly a thousand members already.
hi5 – This is a pretty good social network, but I wouldn’t say it’s the easiest to use. It has all of the features that you would expect of any network. It doesn’t seem very populated, and there isn’t a way to quickly find friends to add. I guess that’s both a strength and a weakness. Less spam, more actual members.. but there is still the random spam accounts that pop up. One thing that hi5 has over other networks is the ability to classify your friends into custom groups. For example, you can put all of the bands that you’ve befriended into a group called “Bands.” It makes it really easy to find what friends you’re looking for very quickly.
MySpace – Seriously, who hasn’t heard of MySpace. On this one, we’ve got some pretty famous friends, including the director of The Water Horse, and one of the actors that is actually appearing in the film. It is by far the largest network, and the easiest to add a ton of friends. The biggest problem, and I would say this is the worst of the social networks as a direct result of it, is the advertising. The website True.com is the generator of these ads, and it makes visiting the website a chore when you’re trying to avoid ads like that. And the ads are targeted so guys see only ads featuring girls and girls see ads featuring guys… it is sickening.
ShoutLife – Another new social network that recently came out of beta testing. It features a few main categories for accounts, and is very well organized. It is so easy to use and has a very clean interface that makes navigating easy. It is a Christian run social network that requests that you be respectful of that, and keep your profiles clean. Very cool, and recommended.
Xianz (Sign-Up Link) – I’ve only included a sign-up link because it gets me a referral if you use it to register for the website. As for the site itself, Xianz is trying to do it all. Some things they get very right, but other things, not so much. What they get right is the separation of your friends and bands. You can also become a fan of a band on the site without needing to request friendship, I think. Right on your profile, they’re separated into two areas. It also does YouTube style video uploading. They’re trying to be the everything website, but they do have a niche market that they’re going for: Christians. They call themselves the MySpace of Christians, and I wouldn’t argue with that. Advertising is everywhere and the navigation tends to get you lost from time to time (however, the ads are clean! A plus for that one!). The profiles can also be overly filled and appear very messy with guestbooks and chat rooms on nearly every page of the whole site.
Facebook Group – Finally, we have a group on Facebook and another on Friendster.
So, have a look around! We hope that you consider joining any of the above. Whatever your cup of tea, you can find a network for it these days.