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Fijians Finding your Fiji Friends may be a bit of a hassle,
well using the internet itself is a hassle at times, even if you are
relatively skilled at it.
Below is a list of websites or resources and their explanations to
help you find Fijians; your class mates, old neighbor, old flame etc.
Word of mouth - This is the best resource for finding your
friends. It is best used with other resources. Word of mouth means
asking people. It may be calling up people, or sending them email, but
usually the best approach is to use an online forum made for just that
purpose, or one with many Fijian members.
Forums - Forums as explained above are one of the best choices for
finding Fijians, they are usually public or members only, for members
only you will need to sign up.
Chat sites - Chat sites are very useful for this but sometimes they
can be more of a bother. With a chat site its really hard to tell who
you are talking too and so the information you get can be misleading.
Photo Albums - Photo albums are suprisingly one of the best methods
of finding someone from Fiji. This is because most internet users use
a fictional name and the main reason behind this is to be fictional.
Browsing Photo Albums is a great way to Fiji your Fiji Friends.
Profiles - Though there is less of this, and harder to find, they
usually yield a friend or two if you know many Fijians. Profiles also
tell you that the owners of the profile want to be found and so are
usually willing to help you find the Fijian you are looking for. (in my
experience)
Browsing Personals - Some Fiji Website have a personals, or dating
section. This sometimes yields a friend but usually the Fijian dating
sites are mostly photo free.
Mailing lists - there are many different types of mailing lists.
Usually all large Fiji Online Communities keep a mailing list. This may
be accessible only to the administrator of the website or to members
according to membership terms. You may also build your own mailing list.
This can be done by getting Fijians emails from forums, or from emails
forwarded to you. Usually, Fijians that love chat rooms love email
lists, so get to know someone in a chat room and let them forward you
email, you'll be surprised at how many Fijian's emails they have
already. You can then send your message to these forwardees.
Fijian Online Community - A Fijian Online Community is the best
place to Find Fijians. This is because the Fijian Online Community is
solely for this purpose. The website usually has all of the resources
above and other resources for finding Fijians. Becoming a member of a
Fijian Online Community and posting your profile and picture is a very
active way of finding Fijians, and you don't have to keep looking, you
can just wait.
Personal Home Pages - Lots of website offer free hosting or
specifically, personal home pages. There are simple websites designed by
an individual. You may try looking through personal homepages and see
who the designer is. Usually a web designer knows many other web
designers and other Fijians and the best resources. The key though, is
to design your own site. Put up a website, and just talk about yourself.
You may be surprised who comes knocking at your virtual door.
Online People Databases - These are databases that list information
about individuals. These databases can range from government top secret
databases to your own personal database. Some databases are listed
below:
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