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Old 06-14-2010, 07:50 PM  
Barefootsies
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Originally Posted by dyna mo View Post
i believe a lot of it had to do with timing and word of mouth. word of mouth for craigslist resulted from the success the early adopters had with its services- local events and tech jobs. pof word of mouth was based on the ability to browse the profiles for free, no cc required.
Actually, you also have to consider that from that interview on POF, as well as the actual back story to MySpace, that most of the sites started out as a NICHE. MySpace was for bands when it started, and grew from there. FaceBook was for ONLY college students, POF was for ONLY Canadians.

THEN they grew.

The point being, if you have a good idea in a smaller targeted niche, it will take off it's self and spread to become something bigger. If your idea is shit, it will be flushed.
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