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

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encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. .&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Why did Twitter emerge despite Facebook’s dominance? We all wanted intros.

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

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encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. And so it goes with social networking. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google].