I have a network of "cousins" who are researching the same family lines I am. I get or send an email note to one or the other when one of us has found something interesting in our research. In my mind this neither an efficient method of collaboration nor overly useful. I may have found tidbits that others could use, but because I'm unaware of this I don't forward it on. On the other hand, it can be very time-consuming to email everybody every time I find something interesting.
With an online family research network taking advantage of social networking tools - like Yahoo! 360 - I can post my successes - and brick walls - on my "page" and they are immediately visible to all my connected cousins through their pages. A quick scan of the Yahoo! 360 home page tells me what my friends and family have been posting and I can determine if it's worth a followup.
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