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How did facebook get a bump before 2005?

Also, you might want to add blackplanet, migente, and asianavenue to the Social networks graph. I know a few southern rappers were namechecking them before 2005.

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Facebooks existed before facebook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_book

First time I've heard of this. Then again I went to a land grant university of 25000 undergrads. I'm assuming these are more common at smaller colleges.

Facebook started at Harvard, a 20k student school. It might be more of a tradition at the old East Coast institutions - growing up on the West Coast, I've never heard any reference to anything of the like.

Well back in the 70's I had an American teacher and in one 6th form general studies class (on American culture) she mentioned the concept.

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