How to Join a Social Network in 1998
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How to Join a Social Network in 1998
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Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#2In 1998 here in Sweden kids were joining the Skunk network, a very early social network. I guess it sort of exploded around that time so it's hard to backup a statement like "the first online social network".
Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#3I guess we're talking WWW or Web 2.0 or HTTP(S) or whatever (ie. bloat). Cu2 was a Dutch predecessor of Hyves which were both a very popular social network in The Netherlands before the existence of MySpace and Facebook. Eventually, "everyone" went to Facebook though.
Both were colorful (think: IRC on DALnet, or MySpace). It was awful.
The thing is, social networks existed before the term was ever coined. They were just called your "network". Getting to know people was called "networking". And most people get a job through their "network". It is nothing new. Something like Usenet or IRC or a MUD just as well fits.
Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#4In 1998 here in Sweden kids were joining the Skunk network, a very early social network. I guess it sort of exploded around that time so it's hard to backup a statement like "the first online social network".
We had StajlPleijs/Lunarstorm founded in 1996 https://www.internetmuseum.se/tidslinjen/lunarstorm/
Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#5Hm.. my "social network" was #coders on ircnet and efnet. NNTP, some ICQ contacts and a few forums.
Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#6In 1998 here in Sweden kids were joining the Skunk network, a very early social network. I guess it sort of exploded around that time so it's hard to backup a statement like "the first online social network".
We had StajlPleijs/Lunarstorm founded in 1996 https://www.internetmuseum.se/tidslinjen/lunarstorm/
KjamiZ!11!!
Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#7Ah, it was a simpler time..
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#8Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#9I've been running/involved in mailing-lists, the non-SPAM kind, for decades.
Whatever the tech you use, its the people.
Re: How to Join a Social Network in 1998
#10I guess we're talking WWW or Web 2.0 or HTTP(S) or whatever (ie. bloat). Cu2 was a Dutch predecessor of Hyves which were both a very popular social network in The Netherlands before the existence of MySpace and Facebook. Eventually, "everyone" went to Facebook though. Both were colorful (think: IRC on DALnet, or MySpace). It was awful. The thing is, social networks existed before the term was ever coined. They were j…
Finland we still have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC-Galleria and it was pretty popular.