Thefacebook

Thefacebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks at colleges.

You can use Thefacebook to:
• Search for people at your school
• Find out who is in your classes
• Look up your friends' friends
• See a visualization of your social network

The college facebook site idea is back. What thefacebook.com has done, and where others failed, is make a simple, fun, fast (most of the times), and very user friendly community site. There seems to be good user growth around the site. According to Alexa.com, the site is #747 on the web. Check out user growth patterns:

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Like all the other social networking sites, success of the company will likely depend on the community of users and their usage patterns. Business model will still be ad or subscriber based.