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The Ultimate Social Network You've Never Heard Of

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Ok, maybe you have ... and it just might be

Flixster' />The main reason is because after using the site, you realize that they have taken what seems like every trick from every other social network, and integrated it into their own site to add to a user's experience. <br />
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For example, visiting an artist's profile page with it's aggregation of images and videos has a look that reminds you of a cross between a <a href=Technorati search and a MySpace profile page. In fact, you can select a skin for your own page or add one to the system - just like you can with Netflix will recognize the rating systems for DVDs, however Flixster extends this to films that have not yet come out and includes links to trailers.

The site has lots of images of actors and actresses - with a built-in scale for rating taken right from the pages of StumbleUpon and much of curiosity marketing. Each image and video trailer also has code included below it to cut and paste into your own blog post or other content (just like Digg and any other social news site. Oh, and you can comment on everything - photos, images and news stories.

The social network element of the site is equally engaging, with the ability to search for people who like the same types of films as you (based on the results of their Movie Compatibility Test) and get in contact. The Movie Night Planner also lets you and a group friends share movie choices you would like to see, evaluate times, and rate the films based on trailers.

I have railed in the past against the Face of the Fan - SpiderMan Movie Network promotion could be a great first candidate ...

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