10 of the world's strangest social networks

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Niche networks target the mustachioed, clairvoyants and dreamers, among others
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MatchADream.com
Match a Dream is a haven for people who want to discuss their nightly dreams, decipher their meanings and discover others who share similar ones. You can search a growing database based on the type of dream (scary, happy, sexy, sad, weird), whether it's a recurring dream and the time period in which another user posted a similar dream. Another feature is the "dream circle"—a group of friends you invite with whom you can monitor your dreams and theirs.

IntellectConnect.com
If you're spending sleepless nights debating the Pythagorean theorem or calculating the molecular makeup of your sofa, connect with other likeminded brainiacs at Intellect Connect where you can "embrace your inner geek and someone else's, too."



Divorce360.com
Do all your exes live in Texas? Divorce360.com may be the place for you. In fact, once the honeymoon phase is over, here's a site that half of married Americans may find useful. The site offers advice for people contemplating, going through and recovering from divorce, and provides tools such as checklists to determine if your marriage is headed south and calculators to determine how much debt you'll be in (and how to recover from it).

RedKaraoke.com
Think "Online Idol": At Red Karaoke you can connect with others who just can't get enough of belting out "Journey" ballads at the bar. Red Karaoke says their site strives to "provide users with the necessary tools and contents to develop their hobby and have fun with it, as well as open a new possibility for promotion for professional singers." Just keep the mute button handy.

Ncludr.com
Welcome to the social network where everyone is your friend! Ncludr, a tongue-in-cheek site, boldly states that, "You'll never be rejected. Everyone will love you. You're thin and fabulous." To complete your profile (or rather, Ncludr uses their "patented, synchronized, algoarithmic Personal Profile Generator") simply answer three questions, including: "If two apples fall from the window of a six story building, with a wind speed of 10 MPH in the middle of winter, and one of the apples has a bite out of it, which of the apples will fall first?"
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