Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part guest post by venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners on "Social Networking: The Past, Present, And Future." Online Social Networking 25 Years Ago: CompuServc, Prodigy & The Well Listening to young people talk about social networking as a new phenomenon is a bit like hearing people talk about a remake of a famous song from my youth as though it was the original version. �If you think "Don't Stop Believing" was first recorded on the show Glee I'm talking to you. �And so it goes with social networking. Yes, I was doing it when I was a teenager and yes, it was online, too. �We were on services called CompuServe and Prodigy. �Other people were in the online community called "The Well" (founded in 1985).��We connected for the same reasons you do today. �We were looking for what I call the "6 C's of Social Networking" - Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). �There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads?you name it.
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