If they were so popular, why do they still not exist in any meaningful sense to this day? I was all over IMified & ActiveBuddy when they came out 10-15 years a

If they were so popular, why do they still not exist in any meaningful sense to this day? I was all over IMified & ActiveBuddy when they came out 10-15 years ago but they never really took off at all. My agent basically returned the Google "magic box" which was kinda cool.