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> Friendster was the first social network Friendster was not the first social network. sixdegrees.com had it beat by 5 years.
by vidarh 6mo ago
> Friendster was the first social network
Friendster was not the first social network.
sixdegrees.com had it beat by 5 years.
- 1970-01-01 6mo agoAOL has them beat by another 5. You need to go back to ARPA to find the first one. Social networks are just networks with humans at each end.
- vidarh 6mo agoThat's not how the term is being used. Six Degrees had all the features we associate with a social network, such as profiles, and the ability to create connections.
- 1970-01-01 6mo agoSo AOL profile and friends
- orbital-decay 6mo agoAlso LiveJournal, launched in 1999.
- elric 6mo agoIt all depends on how you define "social network". We had BBS and forums that operated much like "social networks" in the mid 90s. I don't think being "the first social network" is particularly interesting or noteworthy.