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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others. rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo! At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). History repeats itself. Don’t Stop Believing. Social Networking in Web 1.0: then bought GeoCities for $3.6 They looked unstoppable.