December 3, 2005

• Xanga History via Internet Archive

  November
  1999: “We are currently testing the alpha launch of our
  product.” (Let’s launch a web company!)

  March
  2000: “Home Portals allow you to manage, review, and publish
  your weblinks online.” (Home Portal? Eew!)

  August
  2000: “Xanga is the easiest way to build an affiliate store.”
  (WTF!?)

  October
  2000: “Publish reviews of your favorite products, links, and
  news articles.”  (Self publishing is mad fun.)

  January
  2001: “It’s called Weblogging, and you’re going to love it.”
  (That’s the ticket!)

  December 2005: “Xanga
  is a community of online diaries and journals.” (More than 21 million
  strong.)

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