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Wasn't there a startup about 10 or 15 years ago dedicated to building communities of communities. I think it was called Nine-something and was started by one of the early internet big shots...

I tried searching for this on Google but failed miserably.



ning.com?


I have a cousin that used to work there years ago when social media was still in its infancy. He was part of the initial wave of layoffs when they weren't able to get traction against Facebook.

He's doing well for himself now, Director of Engineering at a FAANGM company, but it did cause him to abandon the startup game.


Yes! That's it! Thank you. It was driving me nuts and I started to wonder if I imagined it.

Looking at it today, it's changed a lot in the past 15 years...




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