Good stuff.

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I ran across an interesting site that brings a nice little twist to social networking. ZOOOF, The Family Network is a breath of fresh air, frankly, because websites like myspace seem to have become cesspools for the scum of humanity. I like this one because it seems to be encouraging its users to build family ties and expand their cultural understanding to other parts of the world (the beta testers are from 49 different countries themselves). Since Zooof is in beta, you can't automatically sign up for an account (I've requested an invite for myself) but on Feb. 14 it's going to be open for everyone and, of course, free. Apparently there are going to be flash-based family trees that users can build. Who knows, maybe kids will start actually caring about their heritage... and maybe they'll even care about people who aren't within 100 miles of themselves.