What do Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Nairaland and Linda Ikeji have in common?
This is just a random thought. Yes, they are all internet platforms, but am I the only one that keeps observing that these successful social media platforms (discussion forums, blogs etc) started between 2004 – 2006. Most of them 2005?
See the list:
Facebook – 2004
Perez Hilton – 2004
Nairaland – 2005
Mashable – 2005
Techcrunch – 2005
Slash Gear – 2005
Youtube – 2005
Twitter – 2006
Smashing Magazine – 2006
Venture Beat – 2006
Bella Naija – 2006
Linda Ikeji – 2006
All of these are super successful blogs and forums across the world.
Co-incidence? Can anyone explain why they all started around the same period? Does anyone know any mega successful internet platform that started earlier or later?
Think that cannot be an interview question? Okay, just task your brain.
Over to you, Jarushubbers!!!!
Something really baffles me still, the fact that social networking platforms such as Hi5 (2003), myspace (2003), friendster (2002) aren’t a success story as there predecessors that you mentioned.
What could have been the reason for there failures?
I think in my humble opinion it was the advent of personal laptop and multiple ISP explosion, thus making many people hitherto access the internet on a global scale.
Competition and flexibility at its peak. The ability to manage and sustain success in a competitive world.
Those that started at later dates were affected by the high influx of people, like rightly said earlier due to ICT equipments’ surge . Those at earlier dates didn’t meet the required or much needed market. Advert/PR initiative didn’t respect such platforms also. Youths and media drive is another; innovations and improvements on older models spurred it as well. My 2 cents….