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Re:Openbook social network by cmorgan8506 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @05:39AM (#17548466)
> Facebook had traction because it was radically different from anything that was before.

How was Facebook radically different than other social media sites? In my opinion, it was almost exactly the same as the rest. They just leveraged some clever marketing.

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Re:Openbook social network by addicted on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:34AM (#17548645)
The only major difference with FB was it limited your network to your college.

In terms of features it was a static page with the only dynamic capability being the ability to poke someone.

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Re:Openbook social network by zmix on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @05:58AM (#17548530)
Social networks, back then, was to bring minds together, not people.
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