Hyves used to be the thing you had as a schoolkid. It had support for showing your relation to somebody (through people in your friendlist), gifs, almost fully customisable pages, a whole set of emoticons and other things.
When Facebook came around, most people left (mostly kids) because of parents getting on the platform. There's a video of a lonely woman that had contact with friends through Hyves, and said "But how am i supposed to send my friends animated pictures now :("
When Facebook came around, most people left (mostly kids) because of parents getting on the platform. There's a video of a lonely woman that had contact with friends through Hyves, and said "But how am i supposed to send my friends animated pictures now :("