With 400 million users worldwide, Facebook are clearly the leaders of social networking amongst the online community. Twitter are in a not-so-close second place with a comparatively small “following” (pun intended) of 18 million users. With this many people subscribing to online social networking, it was only a matter of time before online giant, Google, came to the party in anticipation of getting a nice fat slice of the social networking cake. The secret weapon that they’ve been teasing us about for the last couple of months was revealed yesterday and goes by the name of Google Buzz. The question that everyone is asking after day one is: “Will it stay? Or will it go?” I played around with Google buzz yesterday, chatted to friends (online of course) and did a little bit of research into the general online public’s reaction to Google Buzz. This is what I found:

Know what I love about social media? The fact that it caters to everyone. There isn’t an interest (or fetish) that doesn’t have some online outlet. Lauren recently wrote about some of the weird and wacky social networks that have made themselves at home in cyberspace (myweirdbeard and hatebook were my two favourites) and recently I noticed a crop of diet related sites cropping up. Tweet What You Eat, Nutristyle and Gling (both in Vancouver) aim to promote healthier living, provide the help and support needed to stick to a healthy diet and, in the case of Tweet What You Eat, shame you into sticking to your eating plan.

Nutristyle’s adopts an holistic approach to healthy living. It works to increase awareness of the dangers of obesity, especially childhood obesity and donates 2% of all revenue to non-profit organisations dedicated to stamping out childhood obesity. Basically, it bridges the gap between grocers and consumers. You register, and fill in the comprehensive profile questionnaire, which includes sections for exercise and weight goals, menu preferences and favourite foods.