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

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It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified. We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. 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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GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified. History repeats itself. Don’t Stop Believing. Social Networking in Web 1.0: then bought GeoCities for $3.6