Suomi24

Suomi24 is one of Finland's largest online social networking websites.^[1]^[2] Forums are the most prominent part of it but it has also some other functionalities.

History

The history of Suomi24 dates back to 1998, when the website was known as Sircus.com. In 2000 Scandinavia Online Ab became the owner and the site was renamed Suomi24. In 2001 Eniro bought Scandinavia Online as part of the Eniro-group. Since 2007 Suomi24 Oy has been independent company owned by Aller Media Oy, part of Danish company Aller Media.

In 2015, one team of participants in the first Helsinki Challenge analysed big data from Suomi24 as their entry for the scientific competition.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "AD Europe: Finland". AD Europe. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ Irina Khaldarova, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen & Janne Matikainen. "The use of social media in the Finnish Parliament Elections 2011" (PDF). Communication Research Centre CRC, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ Mika Pantzar (29 May 2015). "Big dataa riittää, mutta riittääkö Suomessa kykyä hyödyntää sitä?". Wau.fi. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
^ "Suomi24 discussions released for social sciences research". 9 April 2015.

External links

Suomi24.fi (in Finnish)

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[1] "AD Europe: Finland". AD Europe. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[2] Irina Khaldarova, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen & Janne Matikainen. "The use of social media in the Finnish Parliament Elections 2011" (PDF). Communication Research Centre CRC, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[3] Mika Pantzar (29 May 2015). "Big dataa riittää, mutta riittääkö Suomessa kykyä hyödyntää sitä?". Wau.fi. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

[4] "Suomi24 discussions released for social sciences research". 9 April 2015.

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