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Smaller social networks target shared personal interests

By Michael B. Farrell

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 10, 2012

Scores of smaller websites are taking a slice of Facebook’s action, creating communities for people with specific interests, from shared medical conditions to avoiding the next highway speed trap.

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