Skyrock (social network site)
| Web address | skyrock.com |
|---|---|
| Slogan | Free People Network |
| Commercial? | Yes |
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Type of site
|
Social network service |
| Registration | Not Required |
| Available in | French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Owner | Téléfun |
| Launched | December 17th, 2002 |
|
Alexa rank
|
 657 (September 2013[update])[1] |
| 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. [2]
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.[3]
As of June 2008 Skyrock was ranked as the world's seventh largest social network with over 21 million visitors.[4]
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.[5]
Furthermore, certain American newspapers attempted to associate the breakout of the 2005 civil unrest in France to users of Skyblogs. [6] 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 High Authority for the Struggle Against Discrimination and for Equality.
References
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- ↑ http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2396
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- ↑ http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/08/news/blogs.php
