Jumo
Type of site | Social networking service |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Dissolved | August 17, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Leor R. |
| Key people | Leor R. (Executive Director) |
| Launched | November 30, 2010 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Jumo was a social networking service and website with information on charities.[1][2] Jumo was founded by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and launched on November 30, 2010.[1]
On August 17, 2011, he announced Jumo was merging with the GOOD organization, providing a social engagement platform to complement their magazine content.[3]
On August 17, 2011, Jumo announced that it had been acquired by the GOOD, a collaborative magazine and event media company headquartered in Los Angeles, USA. The company blog states the purpose to be "to create a powerful online content and social engagement platform". One of the reasons behind that acquisition is believed to be that Jumo's platform was not receiving the level of user traffic it has anticipated to grow itself.
Two months after being acquired by GOOD, Jumo announced the release of their entire code base into the public domain on October 5, 2011. With this release, the company said that "the community will have access to functionality that enables users to create and curate content and actions around more than 250 issue areas, from human trafficking to childhood obesity".
References
- ^ a b Wortham, Jenna (November 30, 2010). "2010 A Facebook Founder Begins a Social Network Focused on Charities". The New York Times.
- ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (November 30, 2010). "Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social Network for Social Good, Jumo". Mashable.
- ^ Chris Hughes, Jumo and GOOD Combine Forces to Create Content and Social Engagement Platform Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Jumo blog, August 17, 2011
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