Skyrock Blog
Type of site | Social network service |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | France |
| Owner | TELEFUN SAS |
| URL | http://www.skyrock.com/ |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
Skyrock Blog is a weblog service was lauched in December 2002 by Skyrock (a French youth-oriented radio station). It is contested that this service cannot be considered as a real weblog because Skyrock Blog users ("Skybloggers") often use their account to publish photos without any accompanying articles. With over 9,1 million members1, it can be considered the French version of MySpace, LiveJournal or Xanga, but with nowhere near the same amount of popularity. The majority of Skybloggers use the SMS language in their entries. All those facts make the platform quite unpopular outside of people who use it. The old name Skyblog was abandoned in favor of Skyrock Blog after a lawsuit from BskyB.
Skyrock Blog is also very popular in Quebec, Switzerland, Belgium, Morocco and other french-speaking communities.
1 - (update: June 9, 2007)
Political resourcefulness in major events
Due to Skyrock Blog's reach to the young society in France, it has been utilized as a common source of online rallying and communication during the Paris Riots of 2005 [1]. It has also been used in the organization of underground political demonstrations and movements, similar to the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests.