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While there were communities with large and working social graphs like ICQ, AIM, Myspace, etc., Facebook had a more committed approach emphasizing real identiti

While there were communities with large and working social graphs like ICQ, AIM, Myspace, etc., Facebook had a more committed approach emphasizing real identities rather than pseudonyms. Being first to market with an accurate social graph consisting of real-life identities is what gave Facebook its advantage.

kornakiewicz 9y ago
And that's biggest disadvantage for most young people. Also, Linkedin was earlier, but real-life identities was first, because of understandable purposes.