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Facebook had a small, exclusive original audience. You had to have a .edu email, and you had to be at one of the chosen colleges to be able to sign up. I think
by benihana 12y ago
Facebook had a small, exclusive original audience. You had to have a .edu email, and you had to be at one of the chosen colleges to be able to sign up. I think the exclusivity and the fact that high schoolers with animated gifs all over their pages weren't on it made it popular to college students.
- guelo 11y agoThe next young crowd is always fickle, looking for the next hip thing to escape from the established path. That makes social networks inherently unstable over time. And that's why Facebook is always on the lookout for any new breakaway social network and will pay dearly to bring it under their umbrella.