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Facebook founded in 2003 and got its name in 2004. Wasn’t noticeable in Russia until 2010s, was cloned and outcompeted by VK. Still popular only because Vk is n
by ivan_gammel 5y ago
Facebook founded in 2003 and got its name in 2004. Wasn’t noticeable in Russia until 2010s, was cloned and outcompeted by VK. Still popular only because Vk is now controlled by government (VK is simply a better platform).
Twitter was founded in 2006, so in the early 2000s it simply did not exist. Has never been a big thing in Russia, even when Medvedev got an account.
Government started paying any attention to social networks only after Medvedev was elected (or was that actually LiveJournal?), but I’m not sure they were taking it seriously until 2012, when Bolotnaya happened.