Skunk (community)

Skunk was a Swedish social networking community website founded in 1998. It was one of the pioneers in the field, and the largest community website in Sweden in 2000,^[1] mostly popular with teenagers. It was subsequently overtaken by competitors such as Lunarstorm and Playahead. Skunk became part of Spray Network.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

In June 2010 Spray Network announced that they had decided to shut down the site and it closed on 30 June 2010.^[6]

References

^ "Skunk.nu riktar bara in sig mot vissa – men blir landets största community". Internetmuseum (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ Malin Lundqvist; Henrik Skotth (24 May 2004). "Online Communities – Varför vissa lyckas och andra inte" (PDF). p. 24. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
^ Danasten, Kerstin (24 October 2006). "De skapar hysteri". Affärsvärlden. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
^ Folkesson, Mikael (2003). "Usability and Sociability Oriented Design of a Virtual Meeting Place" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
^ Anton Fjällström; Emil Gustafsson; Martin Trygg (2006). "Lyckade metoder för att marknadsföra en webbplats". pp. 22, 39. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
^ Larsson, Linus (18 June 2010). "Skunk går i graven". IDG. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

[1] "Skunk.nu riktar bara in sig mot vissa – men blir landets största community". Internetmuseum (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 September 2024.

[2] Malin Lundqvist; Henrik Skotth (24 May 2004). "Online Communities – Varför vissa lyckas och andra inte" (PDF). p. 24. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

[3] Danasten, Kerstin (24 October 2006). "De skapar hysteri". Affärsvärlden. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

[4] Folkesson, Mikael (2003). "Usability and Sociability Oriented Design of a Virtual Meeting Place" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

[5] Anton Fjällström; Emil Gustafsson; Martin Trygg (2006). "Lyckade metoder för att marknadsföra en webbplats". pp. 22, 39. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

[6] Larsson, Linus (18 June 2010). "Skunk går i graven". IDG. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

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