We live in the era when social networks are wide spread. We all heard (and when I mean ALL I say each and everyone of you) about the famous Facebook, Zuckerberg’s social network, which has not less than 750 million active users (yes you read correctly, it’s 750 million)
The Google thought that Facebook needs some competition and launched their Google Plus, with their Circles feature. They managed to gather over 10 million users in just two weeks and this with the social network only in beta stage, and accepting users only with invitation.
Remember the Mirc? Or Hi5 social network, that was famous in Europe. Not to mention about MySpace that was the 5 most accessed web site in the world before Facebook’s ascension. Now we have Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google + (which is only in beta stage). Well, it seems that Microsoft will join the social networks avalanche, with the brand new Socl.com.
The blogs enter in possession of such information after Microsoft accidentally leaked a page containing some details regarding this hybrid. I called it hybrid, as it’s the same type of service Google wants to launch: a combination between a search engine and a social network, in which the users set the trend of the searches.
Microsoft’s new project was called Tulalip, and the description says that the service allows the users to find what they are looking for and share their thoughts “easier than ever”. “Socl” can be considered an abbreviation of “social,” indicating the goal of this project, namely a competitor for Facebook and Google +.
Anyway, the question is: do we need another social network now?
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