Today I decided to prune may My Social Networks bookmarks folder, getting rid of links to my accounts and profiles on those services that have closed. There were many.
When I mentioned my activity on Twitter (@iamPariah, by the way), @Kathy_Writer suggested I list all the closed services I find, er, not find, so that others can be aware of the closures. Good idea, Kathy. Although I deleted the bookmarks for a few before I began listing around the Ms, here are those I was able to list.
All of the following social media services have shut down on or before this post’s date.
- BriteKite
- CoComment
- Mixx
- myYearBook (now MeetMe, a dating site)
- Odeo
- Ping.fm (still up for the moment, Seesmic shutting it down “soon”)
- PlugIM
- Popego
- PostRank
- Profilactic
- Retaggr
- Seachles
- Simpy
- Sleevenotez
- SocialThing (now AOL’s Lifestream)
- Sphinn
- Streamy
- Tagfoot
- Threadsy
- Toluu
- Tweeples
- TweetMixx
- Twhois
- Twine
- Twitterless
- Unhub
- VIRB
- VisualProgression
- Vox
- Wakoopa
- Wallowr
- Meme by Yahoo
- Yonkly
- YouAre
- YouBundle
- TwitReferral
- Score.ly
- Subjot
- ShowYouLikeIt
These are just those networks to which I had belonged (or at least once tried). If you know of others, please add them in the comments.
Hey thanks for crediting me haha! This is a great list! Saw three on your list that I had no idea was closed.