Blackplanet [ PREMIUM ]

: It was one of the first platforms to shift the internet's focus from just information retrieval to connecting people.

: At its peak in 2008, it hosted approximately 15 million members and was a critical tool for political and social organizing. blackplanet

: The founders of MySpace famously cited BlackPlanet as a direct model for their general-market version of social networking. : It was one of the first platforms