10 Major Social Networks That Failed Miserably
This however was soon lost because of fake accounts of Actors and PR Personnel to promote the products which was not liked by the users. The heights thought was that ever thing that the children did on the site was sent and notified to the parents.
Eons:
The site was created by Jeff Taylor who was also the founder of Monster.com. This site targeted people above the age of 40 years but later opened accounts for everyone above the age of 13.
The site was popular among investors as it had raised $32 million but the constant change in ownership led to the decline of the site and sadly in 2012 it was shut down.
Friendster:
The site came to existence back in 2002 as a pioneer in social networking sites and also grew rapidly in its popularity. It reported the highest number of monthly visitors with the highest number of logins from Asia.
This site however defunct as a social site and relaunched as a gaming site and has since lost its popularity. Now it is only active mildly in south East Asia.
iTunes Ping:
Apple launched this site primarily as a social networking site for music lovers to share, follow and be updated about the activities of their favorite artists.
This site however did not have the basic networking features. Also there were too many fake accounts and spams that later led to the discontinuing of the site.
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