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

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. Does Facebook have a permanent dominance of the future given their 500m users? .&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2).

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

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asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0