𝗜`𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 (𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲), 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆. 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
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📻Facebook wasn't the first social network. S͟i͟x͟D͟e͟g͟r͟e͟e͟s͟ was one of the first manifestations of social networking websites in the format now seen today. It was followed by more successful social networking sites based on the "social-circles network model" such as LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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🔷 SixDegrees is named after a theory that everyone on Earth can connect within six steps to anyone else – later known as the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game, originally created by three students who were inspired by a Kevin Bacon interview, where the actor said that he’s worked with ‘everyone in Hollywood’ or with someone who’s worked with them.
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🔷 The reason 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 is considered to be the first of the social networks is because it allowed people to sign up with their email address, make individual profiles, and add friends to their personal network. It was officially launched in 1997. Number of users peaked at around 3.5 million.
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🔷 Unfortunately, in the early days of the internet, this was considered somewhat invasive and many felt 𝗦𝗶𝘅𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲. Serves was bought out by YouthStream Media Networks in 1999 for $125 million, but it shut down just one year later.
👍🏽Few years back SixDegrees has been “restarted“.
