When a citizen is curious about something in his or her community, that person can use Spot.us to commission a journalist to investigate and write a story about it. Suspicious that the cops in your precinct are abusing their power? These guys will look into it for you.

The community provides the funding; once a story has been pitched, Spot.Us’ journalists determine how much it will cost to investigate. Microdonations are made by individuals or organizations until the costs are met, then the investigation begins. The story that results is published under the Creative Commons license so anyone can use it

5 Innovative Websites That Could Reshape the News.

http://myitthings.com/
MyItThings.com is a leading online user-generated fashion and trend magazine and community, which invites people to contribute their own articles, pictures and photos; share wish lists and even submit their own designs. It democratizes fashion by putting the power to set trends in people’s hands. The magazine is a dynamic space that is published by editorial staff throughout the day and gives an opportunity to everyone to contribute and be featured on its pages

http://chictini.com/
Chictini is a fashion social network that focuses on fashion discovery. You can submit products and show off your personal style while connecting with people like yourselves.

http://www.2threads.com/

2threads is a social network with style. It is a place where anyone with a penchant for fashion can come to look, love and buy fashion all in one, easy to reach place. No matter who you are or where you are from 2threads is a place where you can engage in all your guilty fashion-fixated vices.

http://www.fashionising.com/
Fashionising.com is a fashion community and social network for people who love fashion. Keep up with cutting edge fashion, become a fashioniser.

http://www.fashion-networks.net/
The Fashion Network is a social networking website designed to be used specifically by those passionate about fashion and style. Here you will be able to connect with like minded individuals from across the globe. The Fashion Network is brought to you by Chatter.

http://www.mykidsfashion.com/
My Kids Fashion is the kids fashion industry’s first social network created for designers, retailers, manufacturers and consumers located across the globe. My Kids Fashion is managed by DashinFashion.com – Online Guide to Kids Fashion Worldwide.

http://www.stylecaster.com/
StyleCaster is a fashion social network where influencers connect with each other, explore the world of style, share content and get recommendations from peers and experts around the world.

http://www.stylehive.com/
Stylehive.com is an online style club for people who live for fashion, design and shopping. It’s where you meet your style muses and follow them as they discover and share their latest finds. Part social-networking club, part pop-culture lab , Stylehive.com is one big ensemble cast of trendsetters creating, discovering and buying the next big thing!

http://www.springleap.com/
Tee shirt company base on people contribution

http://www.threadless.com/
community based tee shirt company

http://www.ustrendy.com/index.php
Our platform helps to democratize fashion, where fans give the yay or nay to which designs get produced and sold. The UsTrendy community helps uncover the gems of top-rated indie designers, who get a shot at making their fashion dreams a reality

http://modepass.com/
Community contributions with a brand-based cataglogue: news, articles, videos, images

http://www.weardrobe.com/
Weardrobe is the easiest way to share photos of what you wear. Weardrobe whos wearing what

http://www.polyvore.com/
Polyvore’s easy-to-use virtual styling tool lets people mix and match products from any online store to create their own fashion collections called “sets”. The Polyvore community consists of trendsetters, shoppers and aspiring stylists, who create more than 30,000 sets daily . With over 6 million unique visitors and 140 million pageviews per month, Polyvore is the largest fashion community site in the world.

http://www.glossom.com/

The Visual Platform For Creative People Promote and distribute your work Curate your own content through the Visual CuratorTM Discover people and build relationships Spot trends and get accessto sources of inspiration

http://www.burdastyle.com/
A site for adventurous fashionistas to try their hand at creating their own clothes with patterns, tips, a forum and more.

http://www.fantastictoe.com/
the web’s premiere shoe community. Here you can organize your shoe collection to perfection, and show it off to your friends and other shoe aficionados. Share shoe pics, shop for shoes, read our Morning Shoe Report, and enjoy our superior collection of shoe quotes, and shoe videos, updated every weekday. Or, join our vibrant community of shoe bloggers:

http://www.stylemob.com/
StyleMob is a new community for street fashion inspiration. Our mission: to create a place for real people to have a say about fashion. When you come to StyleMob, you find out how real people put together their outfits and upgrade your own look with fresh ideas.

http://youlookfab.com/
Blog and “standard” community. Get advice, give advice, share excitement about a new purchase, or just have a good yak.

http://www.notcouture.com/
NOTCOT is a visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusements. NOTCOT’s two sites have become the daily sources of inspiration for creatives everywhere, fighting the good fight against “creative block” since 2005 with visually stunning imagery, the latest in international trends, and a passion for all things well designed.

http://www.notcot.org/
is a community of creatives, design lovers, and trendsetters – where .org serves as the studio bulletin board gone digital – each image and caption brings you to a place worth visiting. It’s about sharing what inspires you

http://www.cloziz.com/
La première communauté de Fashion Addicts pour diffuser son Style, ses meilleurs Looks, ses bons plans mode, et gagner des fringues !

http://www.styledujour.com/
It is a place for people to organize and execute their own sense of what is fashion. We want you to show us what that look is. Style du Jour is perfect for the person who is looking to express themselves or is too busy to fuss with an unorganized closet. We will help you organize your wardrobe online so you have an easy, manageable, and fun way to put your look together.

http://www.avenue7.com/
Social Shopping, celebrity monitoring, community to share your outfit and the things you love

http://fashionmash.com/
upload your clothes (images are outlined) create and share your outfit, get comment and suggestion from the community

http://www.popsugar.com/community/welcome
PopSugar Community is the place to dish on the latest gossip, share fashion finds, learn beauty secrets, review movie and tv shows, discussmom advice, swap delicious recipes, live happy and healthy, and much more.

http://trendmill.com/
Upload your look and get comments, easy tool to create spot on images

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