End of an era for teens of the 2000s: the Skyrock group, known in particular for its radio, will close its “Skyblogs” platform, a pioneer in social networks since its creation in 2002, before the explosion of Facebook, announced Friday its founder.
“To bring ourselves into compliance with personal data legislation, to keep the platform and the skyblogs in their candid and eruptive presentation, we need to freeze it and remove it from public access”, wrote Pierre on August 21. Bellanger, founder and chairman of the Skyrock group, and his deputy managing director Jérôme Aguesse.
More than 33.5 million blogs in 2011
Long the first social network in France before the emergence of American platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat…), Skyrock claimed in 2011 even more than 33.5 million blogs and 4.5 billion comments. According to its founder, the site had even risen to 17th place among the most visited sites in the world in 2007.
It allowed teenagers of the first Internet generation to share their passions, their intimacy, their moods online, or to comment on the photos of their friends.
“Everyone will be able to transfer their blog to their machine, if they wish, and possibly delete it. Then this sociological treasure will be anonymized and will go to the national archives” so that researchers can find out “what was the new generation of the beginning of the 21st century”, still indicated Pierre Bellanger, on a blog post.