Skyrock (social network site)
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Type of site | Social network service |
|---|---|
| Available in | |
| Country of origin | France |
| Owner | Téléfun |
| URL | skyrock |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 17 December 2002 |
| Current status | Online |
Skyrock.com is a social networking site based in France that offers a free space on the web to allow its users to create blogs, add profiles, and exchange messages with other registered members.[1]
Background and description
Skyrock.com began as a blogging site, Skyblog.com, founded by Skyrock CEO Pierre Bellanger in December 2002. In May 2007, after abandoning the Skyblog.com brand, Skyrock.com was launched as a full-scale social network.[2]
As of June 2008 Skyrock was ranked as the world's seventh largest social network with over 21 million visitors.[3]
Controversies
Skyrock has a high penetration rate in France. In several French middle schools,[when?] students used the platform to malign school personnel resulting in their expulsion and in the issuing of alerts by schools to warn parents and students about such behavior.[4]
Furthermore, certain American newspapers attempted to associate the breakout of the 2005 civil unrest in France to users of Skyblogs.[5] However, institutions of the French state never filed any formal complaint indicting the usage of Skyrock Blogs.[citation needed]
A few prominent French institutions created a Skyrock Blog as a preferred tool to communicate messages. An example is the French Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission.
References
- ^ "Skyrock". CrunchBase. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
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- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20071013160126/http://archquo.nouvelobs.com/cgi/articles?ad=multimedia%2F20050317.OBS1492.html&datebase=20050318. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
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