SixDegrees.com

SixDegrees.com

Infobox Website
name = Six Degrees



caption =
url = http://sixdegrees.com/
commercial =
type = Social network service
registration = Not Required
owner = MacroView
author = Andrew Weinreich
launch date = 1997
current status =
revenue =

SixDegrees.com was a social network service website that lasted from 1997 to 2001 and was based on the "Web of Contacts" model of social networking. It was named after the six degrees of separation concept and allowed users to list friends, family members and acquaintances both on the site and externally; external contacts were invited to join the site. Users could send messages and post bulletin board items to people in their first, second, and third degrees, and see their connection to any other user on the site. Six Degrees was followed by more successful social networking sites based on the "Social-circles network model" such as Friendster, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

People who confirmed a relationship with an existing user but did not go on to register with the site continued to receive occasional email updates and solicitations.

MacroView (later renamed to SixDegrees), the company that developed the site, was founded by CEO Andrew Weinreich and was based in New York City. At its height, SixDegrees had around 100 employees, and the site had around 1,000,000 fully-registered members. The site was bought by YouthStream Media Networks in 2000 for US$125 million.

About the founder

Andrew Weinreich is also the Founder and CEO of the mobile dating company, [http://www.meetmoi.com MeetMoi] . MeetMoi offers a location based service that allows users to receive profiles, and then communicate with complete anonymity through text messaging.

ee also

*SixDegrees.org

External links

* [http://www.dougbedell.com/sixdegrees1.html Reprint of Dallas Morning News article on SixDegrees.com from 1998]


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