An American entrepreneur who founded SixDegrees.com in 1997, generally credited by media scholars as one of the first recognizable social networking sites. The site let members build a profile, list friends and browse their friends' network, features that became the standard template for the social networking sites that followed, including Friendster, MySpace, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Defining ContributionFounded SixDegrees.com (1997), widely credited as one of the first recognizable social networking sites. 1 Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationSixDegrees.com, overview section
SixDegrees was one of the first social networking sites that later became highly popular.
- In Category: Figures
- Associated With: Social Media
- Associated With: SixDegrees.com
- Milestones Credited: Launch of SixDegrees.com
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