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a space in a way a Twitter or Facebook profile just can't be I can't speak for Twitter, but Facebook in its early days was incredibly personalizable. Not to t
by reaperducer 4y ago
a space in a way a Twitter or Facebook profile just can't be
I can't speak for Twitter, but Facebook in its early days was incredibly personalizable. Not to the extent of GeoCities or MySpace, but you could do all kinds of things with your profile page. "Pieces of Flair" was my favorite: http://www.krembo99.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/20070720piecesofflair3.jpg http://www.krembo99.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/200707...
Then one day, Facebook went corporate, and all of the customization stuff disappeared. I imagine a lot of small businesses ceased to exist when that happened, because people used to sell different Facebook customizations.
It seems to me that if it was easier for ordinary people to add custom CSS to their browsers, a cottage industry could be made for skinning people's social media feeds.
- wink 4y agoI don't remember this, so if they indeed binned that pre-2009/10, then FB winning the majority had not even started outside the US, I think. (at least in Germany FB was still kinda growing and not completely widespread when I signed up, we had other stuff).