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> the granddaddy of all social networks—Facebook Have people seriously forgotten what socialising on the internet was like before Facebook? There were social n
by henrikschroder 13y ago
> the granddaddy of all social networks—Facebook
Have people seriously forgotten what socialising on the internet was like before Facebook? There were social networks way before Facebook, and there will be other social networks after Facebook.
They might not be called "social networks" though, because just like the services themselves, the words we use to describe them change constantly as well. Culture changes constanty, after all.
- guyzero 13y agoHow about the "not dead grandparent of all social networks"? Maybe Friendster and Six Degrees are the deceased great-grandparents, only seen in faded daguerreotypes.
- jgreen10 13y agoIt's more like... the social network. Everything else is in the perimeter.
- vanadium 13y agoIt's great to see someone else mention SixDegrees; it's the progenitor of the modern "social network" as people relate the term today, although I'm not sure it ever attracted many teenagers in the late 90s. Hard to believe that was 16 years ago. Jeez.
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- kenbellows 13y agoSeriously, have we already completely forgotten the neon-colored wonder of Myspace?
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- mherkender 13y agoI suspect people are using granddaddy more often for emphasis, as in "the king of a social networks--Facebook", not describing how old they are, since that comment was followed by details on how big Facebook is. Not saying I like it, but that's what I took it to mean.
- wdr1 13y ago"granddaddy" doesn't mean first. Given a lot of sites are the 2nd or 3rd generation derivatives of FB, I think it's a reasonable use of the term.