3 ms·Facebook didn't do the mistake of buying the local German copycat (StudiVZ). StudiVZ is now dead.by rmoriz 14y agoFacebook didn't do the mistake of buying the local German copycat (StudiVZ). StudiVZ is now dead.ojilles 14y agoSame in NL (hyves.nl)r3m6 14y agohaha....actually they DID want to buy StudiVZ :-) But the VZ owner, Holtzbrinck, did not want to sell at this time. Obviously a huuuuge mistake in hindsight. Only after that refusal FB started to sue VZ.