Should be interesting to attend this panel on Tuesday

Panelists include:

• Steve Loughlin, Affinity Circles, Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer
  

• Keith Rabois, LinkedIn, Inc., Vice President, Business Development
  

• Jeff Roberto, Friendster, Inc., Sr. PR/Marketing Manager
  

• Jim Scheinman, Bebo, Inc., Vice President, Business Development and Sales

I can just hear Noah Kagan's voice now... "why are you wasting your time here? This isn't your audience!"

I'm pretty interested to hear what these folks have to say on the status and future of social networking. I think there are some key learnings and takeways that we can apply to help churches. The dynamics, problems, and audiences of these social networks are different. But hey, I'm hungry to learn

Edit: Lots of buzz in academia on social networking as well.  A call for papers to be published in a special issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication dedicated to social networking.  Danah Boyd drove and organized this effort.