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

Both Sides of the Table

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future?