Microsoft is closing its Socl network next week
Microsoft is shutting down its Socl community on March 15th. The software maker originally launched its own social network more than four years ago, and the company has been experimenting with it ever since. Microsoft’s Socl network
started off life as a mysterious social network project from its FUSE
research group, with a number of creation tools to build GIFs and quick
shareable images.
Microsoft even launched its own Windows Phone, Android, and iOS apps for Socl,
but there never seemed to be a clear plan for its social network. It’s
not clear whether any data from Socl will be made available to the users
of the social network before its closure, but given the limited usage
it’s likely Microsoft will just take the site offline.
In a blog post announcing
the March 15th closure, the Socl team thanked “a supportive community
of like-minded people” for using the service over the past four years.
“We have learned invaluable lessons in what it takes to establish and
maintain community as well as introduce novel new ways to make, share
and collect digital stuff we love.”
The article was published on : theverge
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