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February 21, 2004

Amazon's Social Networking Service

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Posted by Ross Mayfield

According to the Chicago Tribune (reg. required), Amazon is entering the social networking space...
Amazon.com will join the fray when it rolls out PriceKut, a social network where customers can meet each other to discuss bargains, but only after first purchasing something at the site. Tom Anderson, president of MySpace, thinks this branching out will only confuse consumers. "People are always going to associate certain names with certain ideas and utilities," he said. "Their branding is too strong; they've done their job too well."
Only one problem -- Pricekut is a joke made up by Brian Dear of Dennounce.com. YASNSs like Tom Anderson can rest easy. As for the Tribune, its unclear if this is a case of the media using blogs as a source or not. Like David said, It’s satire, ok?

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1. hunter on February 21, 2004 9:02 PM writes...

That being said, Amazon is enhancing their Friends and Favorites features with social networking tools.

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2. Nat Irons on February 23, 2004 5:38 PM writes...

The linked Chicago Times story no longer mentions Amazon or PriceKut. No relevant corrections seem to have been issued for the 2/21/04 edition.

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