When most of us think about online social networks, we can think of is likely to be on Facebook. Facebook is the most popular social network site, we now have 500 million Facebook users.
However, Mark Zuckerberg definitely had never has to build a social network in the first person-he was only the first, in such a way that they will not succeed.
In truth, one of the first social networks, really take off, was called sixdegrees.com.
It was founded by Andrew Weinreich, well-known entrepreneur & internet. Weinreich started his career at work and when a moment from a known dry mass of the economic, I went back to school to study law. He worked as legal counsel for a period of two years. It was during this time, he's key online social network, who, for the purpose of the meeting of the people through the process "people do not know you know the concept of a" more effective.
It was in 1997, he started Sixdegrees. It is maximum site was 3,500,000 users and 100 employees. Weinreich later sold the site Youthstream Media networks in December 2000, for us $ 125 million.MeetMoi Weinreich is currently the Executive Director based on the location, service and mobile dating Xtify, geo-targeted enhanced mobile messaging Forum Chairman.
Sixdegrees was based on the social networking contacts Web site.Weinreich drew his inspiration for the theory that everyone in the world is connected to more than six steps, as any other person as the "six degrees" the concept of separation of. It was also the first social networking site combined with other dating sites features & community sites together.Users to create personal profiles, define friend lists and lists of other surf friend to users based on their network They could each other. sending messages, attach themselves to networks of family and friends, send invitations to Sixdegrees members.
Enter now in 2010, none of this seems to me that the active. However, in 1997, another site offered a combination of these features.
Unfortunately, it takes a very long time to be Sixdegrees, and it certainly does not take advantage of the popularity or support, such as Facebook site is today. There are several reasons which contribute to the failure of this social network:
1) at the time of the Web technology had not yet developed to the point where it was supports features that were necessary to enable such an application, pursuant to the invitation to tender;
2) despite the 3,500,000 registered users unable to accumulate Sixdegrees before money ran; the number of users
3 Sixdegrees users will be able to access the properties were not so) is started as they could have had failed to their users, & coming back;
4) factors that were outside of the control of the enterprise was its ability to profit online advertising-an adverse effect on these events are included in the post.-April 2000 recession, as well as 9/11, and;
5) Online advertising industry is sufficiently mature to provide online advertisers to support their business model.
4 and 5 of the factors most likely to be affected by their Downfall, however, a new online communication Sixdegrees marked the beginning of the period of non-durable success and networking. is despite the fact that paved the case of Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.
