A site for finding seminars on privacy? It didn’t fit Facebook’s model, will it work
as a stand-alone?
Upcoming.org founder relaunches site 4 years after Yahoo shut
it down
Before events were posted on Facebook, the place to find
social activities on the internet (back in the early 2000s) was Upcoming.org. Founded by Andy Baio, the site combined an
event calendar with social networking, and everything was primarily sourced
from the community. Two years after
Upcoming.org was founded, Yahoo acquired it
in an effort to beef up its local content. But that experiment failed, and in 2013 Upcoming.org
was shuttered.
Months afterward, Baio purchased the domain back and
launched a Kickstarter campaign in a bid to revive the service. He raised
$30,000 in 90 minutes, ultimately receiving over $100,000 in donations.
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