Social networks
End, Out, Offline . It is no surprise, but saddened: The social network " who knows whom " ( wkw ) will cease its operations on 1 June 2014. The page will disappear from the net, all data of the remaining users will be deleted . They were informed by e-mail about the outage last night.
The following is stated in the email: "A few weeks ago, RTL interactive announced that it would stop operating its plants from the middle of the year onwards, but today we have to inform you that werkenntwen will terminate its business activities Platform is no longer available, and your data on factory walls will be irrevocably deleted.We deeply regret this step and one thing is for sure: we will miss you! "
At the address www.wer-kennt-wen.de the users will not find anything anymore.
Data of the users can be saved
Here are hints on how to secure the data from the network - and the recommendation of another network. "Seniorbook", a site whose makers sit in Munich, is recommended as a good alternative.
Users criticize missing unique selling point
The reasons for this are being discussed in the network. A former user writes, "Who-knows-who has done absolutely nothing in recent years to get users." They have not developed a unique selling proposition that provides users with no argument why social networks should be used instead of elsewhere. "
Another user sums it up: "WKW was pretty purist, had nice minimum registration standards. [...] And then you started getting nervous and looked at all the other crap at the other crap. Advertisement, free registration, self-presentation juchei [...] That the interest sinks, as soon as one tried to build it like Facebook, it was clear. Wrong target group, big competition, went miserable, that was conceptual suicide. "
Optics and technology were adapted to the competition
What this user criticized so harsh, was for the operator of the page probably the last great hope: the relaunch of the site in October 2013. At this time, the site was visually and technically made similar to the major counterparty "Facebook". Users were able to provide posts with hearts. Underneath was a "1 Möger" next to a heart symbol. The innovations did not bring the hoped-for success, the user numbers continued to decline.
At peak times, the network had close to ten million members
At the beginning it looked very good for trucks. In the summer of 2006, the network was founded by two Koblenz students. They wanted to create a free and easy-to-use platform that would portray the real network of people on the Internet. There was a large map of Germany where every user could see how his acquaintances were spread across Germany. They were a long way ahead of Facebook. At the time, the largest social network in Germany had not arrived properly in Germany, hardly anyone knew it.
After half a year, 50, 000 members had registered, in December 2007 registered the user who made the million complete. At peak times, the network had close to ten million members. Not enough to compete against Facebook & Co. According to the statistic portal Statista, the number of active Facebook users is steadily rising: while in September 2012 it amounted to just over one billion, at the beginning of 2014, 1.23 billion people actively took advantage of the social network.
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