They had their big time And, just like what happens now with Facebook, or Instagram, if you didn’t have a profile or account in these eras, you were the weirdo of the group. Surely you have used them, but you have replaced them a long time ago. If you think they no longer exist, you’re wrong. We review old social networks to know, as in the best television revivals, what has become of them?
What happened to… these old social networks?
my space
Born in 2003 and after a time of great success in which there were even companies specialized in making My Space designs for music groups, it seems that it has now fallen a bit into oblivion. MySpace’s strength was that it functioned as platform for artists to show their music, photos and tours to the world.
Their music heritage It is a real gem because it was the place where emerging artists, big bands or indies went to make themselves known. That’s why she hurt so much lost 53 million files (all photos, videos and files) uploaded between 2003 and 2015. It happened in 2019 due to a server migrationFortunately, the Internet Archive platform managed to collect a small percentage of this loss in a collection called ‘The Myspace Dragon Hoard (2008-2010)’. Despite everything, this network is still active, and has some 32 million users.
xin
of the professional field was dethroned in 2017 by . Although it may seem that Xing got there first, both networks emerged in 2003. Currently, despite the total dominance of Linkedin, Xing is still active and has more than 15 million users.
Hi5
Founded in 2003, Like those mentioned above, with a model similar to that of Facebook (friends, photos, comments…), with the heyday of Mark’s social network came its decline. was a very successful social network, in 2007 it was among the 25 most visited websites in the world and came to have 70 million users. It currently survives with an approach oriented to the fun and play, but above all the quotessince it belongs to the same business group as Lovoo and Growlr.
- What social network would you like to see come back?
- What social network would you like to see come back?
Other big networks that are no longer with us
Fotolog.com
(USA, May 2002), a kind of germ of Facebook that, in its basic and free account, allowed you to upload and share a photo and a text a day, make friends and receive comments.
On January 4, 2016 and without prior communication, it closed but returned to the network on the 26th of the same month with residual use. In May 2018 we learned of its relaunch, but on February 1, 2019, without prior notice, Fotolog.com ceased to be available on the web.
yummy
Also created in 2003, it was one of the services of web bookmark management most used. Previous registration (free, with photo and user profile) allowed saving, storing and sharing links and favorite websites with other users of the social network and all this from any browser and using labels. has been owned by yahoo, I pass at the hands of the founders of Youtube in 2011 and in 2014 it was acquired by Science.inc, a company created by one of the founders of… (guess it?) my space. Although it had its great moment, in 2019 the platform was no longer active.
Google+
Since its birth in 2015 the network google-plus it showed an unpromising future; It was no secret to anyone that Google’s social network had not worked as expected, and that was how started disjointing Google Plus network profiles and features from their respective regular Google accounts. Finally, Google+ disappeared in 2019.
What do you think of this collection? Are you active users of any of these old social networks? Would you add any other?
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