SixDegrees: the first-wave social graph before a mass

Dead Internet Theory: How SixDegrees.com, the 1997 web-of-contacts network, built profiles and transitive friend lists before most people were online, why YouthStream shut it down in December 2000, and what that timing says about network growth.

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By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-09-28

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