Social network service

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Social network service.

SNS (Social Network Service) is the application service that helps people builds online social communities where they share interests and/or activities. Most SNSs are web based to provide a variety of ways for users to communicate or interact, such as social network websites, e-mail, SMS (short message service), and blogs.

List of Social networking websites

History of SNS

Timeline of the launch dates of many major SNSs and dates when community sites re-launched with SNS features

The early years, SNSs were in the form of generalized online communities where people interact with each other through chat rooms, and later on, some websites focused on ties with friends by linking people together via email address. The first recognizable social network site "SixDegrees.com" launched in 1997, it focused on indirect ties, it combined all the former features with its new features, it allowed people to create profiles, list their friends, surf the friends list, and surf the network that connects people in the same school or with similar interests together. However, while the website attracted lots of users by these new features, it failed to become a profitable business and was shut down in 2000, even the owner believes that it was simply ahead of time.[1] As time goes by, the launching of Ryze.com helped people leverage their business networks, but it never acquired mass popularity. In 2002, Friendster as one of the three most popular SNSs has been launched, unlike the usual online dating sites, Friendster was designed to help friends-of-friends meet, which is based on the assumption that would make better romantic partners than would strangers, but many early users left later on due to technical and social difficulties that the site encountered. Between 2003 to 2007, more and more SNSs emerged, which made the SNS hit the mainstream, such as MySpace, Bebo, and Facebook, they all grew rapidly. MySpace was reportedly getting more page views than Google. In 2006, Facebook opened up to the college communities outside US, plus allowing add-on applications that developed externally, it became the largest and fastest growing site in the world.

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Web 2.0 and Social network service

Milestones of Social network service

• “Concept of six-degree of separation” was introduced in 1995
• Friendster launched and became popular
• The Tim O’ Reilly coined term, Web2.0, becoming popular from 2003/2004
• Cyworld Korea became popular in 2003 and became Product of the Year in 2004
• Cyworld launched in China, Japan, US, Taiwan and Vietnam in 2005 and 2006
• Acquisition of Myspace by Newscorp (2006)
• Mixi (4 mil subs) listed in Japan (Aug 2006) with over US$1bil market cap
• Yahoo acquisition discussion with Facebook (2006)
• … yet another UGC megadeal: Google acquired YouTube (Oct 2006)

See also

Web 2.0

References

1. (Boyd & Ellison, 2007, p.3)
2. Wikipedia contributors, "Six degrees of separation," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Six_degrees_of_separation&oldid=282380925 (accessed April 8, 2009).

External links

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