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

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While you dialed AOL to get on the Internet, the goal of AOL was to keep you locked into their proprietary content and thus earned the classification of “walled garden.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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

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We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. It isn’t new stuff. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. Twitter is much more.