Today’s a sad day for me – a social networking site I’ve
been on for several years is closing down at midnight tonight. It started in 2004, about the same time
Facebook his the scene and it just never took off like FB, which I never
understood because it has a fantastic format.
I had been on Yahoo360 and when it announced it was closing down a crowd
of folks I’d come to know all migrated to Multiply and we’ve been there for
nearly five years. Multiply was an
upgrade of 360, with more emphasis on blogging and media sharing. It was free, or you could pay $20/year for a
‘premium’ account and not have the ad banners on your page. I met more wonderful people there and when
the closing was announced, everyone began to scurry around looking for another
site to land on.
One of the Multiply guys and his wife created a new site
called ANOTHERBLOGSPOT, and many have gone there. They’ve done this on their own time and out
of the goodness of their heart, and it improves all the time. I think 90% of their members are Multiply
immigrants. The format is a cross
between Multiply and Facebook, and the developers are always open to
suggestions on how to make it better.
It’s open to everyone so feel free to check it out.
Lots of people went to Blogster, and a few went to
Ipernity. I came here to
blogger/blogspot a couple of years ago because they had a provision for adult
content, which Multiply would close you down for. I love the format here but I miss the social
interaction/chat features of the other networking sites. But Blogger has so many interesting, funny
and thoughtful writers that I will be HERE until they close this down. Blogger also doesn’t have the pervs and
stalkers the social sites seem to attract and that’s a huge plus!
So today marks the end of a fun run with some fantastic
people. Best wishes to each and every
one of the friends and acquaintances I’ve met along the way.
*Clink*
Mid-December update:
Multiply is still open without explanation, but many members migrated to
other social blogging sites before the December 1 deadline. My guess is they were unable to separate the
blogging/social side from their 'marketplace' clients... velly interesting.....
End of January, 2013..... still up and running... shame so many
users jumped ship when the closing was announced in September
February 24, 2013: Still going wide open - I hope they have changed their minds!
February 24, 2013: Still going wide open - I hope they have changed their minds!
Never heard of that particular site, but sounds interesting, none the less.
ReplyDeleteGoing to look in ANOTHERBLOGSPOT.
Well, seems Multiply is STILL up and running. I suspect the technoidiots haven't figured how to separate the social networking side from the Marketplace they so desperately want to turn the place into. I find that hysterical!
ReplyDeleteToday it's closed for good.
ReplyDeleteIt's still there now.... but wouldn't surprise me - it's way past due to shut down
ReplyDeletewell.. it's down now ;(
ReplyDeleteYou're right..... :-(
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ReplyDeleteInteresting - thanks for the link. I've shared it with some of my Ply friends that I'm still in contact with. They certainly didn't last long after they jettisoned the social side, did they?
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