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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. I may have opened a MySpace account when it was still the talk of the digital town. This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. This is his story. Or, do I want to use it as a base for experimentation?

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Justin Timberlake Loves Social Media and You Should Too

Freelance Social Media

They understood the importance of being on Myspace and connecting on the same platform as their fans. Just look at what the internet did for the Arctic Monkeys back in 2005. He’s on the more traditional social media platforms such as Myspace, Facebook, and Last.fm.

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How to Fix a “Broken Brand” with Social

Convince & Convert

This week: From ExactTarget , a free whitepaper entitled The Mobile Idea File. million viewers this week, making it the most-watched Emmy show since Ellen Degeneres hosted back in 2005. He hates to admit it, but James was first active in MySpace. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors for helping us make this happen.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

My first profile was on Myspace , my first friend was “Tom from Myspace,” and my first post was something like, “Myspace is awesome!” In December of 2005, the first “viral video” appeared online under the name “Lazy Sunday.” Do you remember your first social media profile? For example, after a 7.0

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Technology for Small Business

Buzz Marketing for Technology

MySpace: One of the earliest social networking sites, MySpace was launched in 2003 and acquired in 2005 by News Corp. Ning: Launched in 2005, Ning is a platform for creating social networks around specific areas of interest. It remains the biggest but has lost some ground to Facebook. Answer to an age-old query: ?Where?s

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. And that was the start of its decline from ultra-trendy to ultra-tacky.

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TruthForce! | How Wiki Software is Changing Communication

Buzz Marketing for Technology

IBM has used internal wikis since 2005, with an eye to selling the concept to its clients. a sort of business MySpace. Mobilizing Excellence to Create a Visionary Philippines. But most corporate wikis are closed to the public, limiting access to employees inside the company firewall. And You Should Too more. Social Threefolding.

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