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Around the time of the parent comment, 12 years ago, Facebook was eating everyone else's lunch. Friendster was dead, Myspace was in decline (mainly because FB
by bmarquez 7y ago
Around the time of the parent comment, 12 years ago, Facebook was eating everyone else's lunch.
Friendster was dead, Myspace was in decline (mainly because FB opened up to everyone besides college students), nobody I knew in the USA used Hi5 or xing.
Flickr, meetup, and IRC existed and still exist but they were never the primary social network for the "younger and cuter" college crowd.
If you wanted to connect with your cute classmate 12 years ago, it was almost certain she had a Facebook. It would no longer be certain today.
I actually miss the 2007-era Facebook. No likes, no timeline algorithm, no shares/reposts made for a fun experience at the time.