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Bulletin Board System-online meeting places that were effectively independently-produced hunks of code that allowed users to communicate with a central system where they could download files or games and post messages to other users.
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BBS, AOL and CompuServe
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business-oriented mainframe computer communication solution; allowed members to share files and access news and events.
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Founded in Albuquerque, NM
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Founded in Cupertino, CA
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AOL was the Internet before the Internet, and its member-created communities were arguably the service’s most fascinating, forward-thinking feature.
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Social Networking’s Adolescence
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Founded in Seattle, WA
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Just set up shop.
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Founded in San Jose, CA
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Sporting a name based on the theory somehow associated with actor Kevin Bacon that no person is separated by more than six degrees from another; was one of the very first to allow its users to create profiles, invite friends, organize groups, and surf other user profiles.
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product of Community Connect Inc.
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Founded in Scotts Valley, CA
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Founded in Menlo Park, CA
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Friendster, LinkedIn, MySpace and Facebook
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Friendster used a degree of separation concept similar to that of the now-defunct SixDegrees.com, refined it into a routine dubbed the “Circle of Friends,” and promoted the idea that a rich online community can exist only between people who truly have common bonds. And it ensured there were plenty of ways to discover those bonds.
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took a decidedly more serious, sober approach to the social networking phenomenon. Rather than being a mere playground for former classmates, teenagers, and cyberspace Don Juans, LinkedIn was, and still is, a networking resource for business people who want to connect with other professionals. In fact, LinkedIn contacts are referred to as “connections.” Today, LinkedIn boasts more than 297 million members.
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MySpace was once the perennial favorite. It did so by tempting the key young adult demographic with music, music videos, and a funky, feature-filled environment. It looked and felt hipper than major competitor Friendster right from the start, and it conducted a campaign of sorts in the early days to show alienated Friendster users just what they were missing.
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Founded by university students at Harvard and Harvard-only students for 2 years until going public.
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Launched in San Mateo, ca
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Launched in San Francisco, CA
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Launched
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Initial release date
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