] Friendster, which is known as a dating site that hooks up
] friends of friends, last year pulled in $13 million in
] venture capital -- a significant amount considering the
] tough climate for new venture funding. Business-oriented
] Spoke and LinkedIn picked up $20.5 million and $4.7
] million respectively.

Lots of sites, many millions in venture capital, but no clear business model yet.

Though I'm very much enjoying the business-networking aspect of this, I'm starting to have my own concerns about where things are going. Especially about how the porn market is going to fit in to all of this -- I'm starting to pick up flickers that all this network-building is just going to result in new avenues for a flood of "Hi I'm Jenny Check Out My Webcam" messages.

Social-Networking Site Business Models