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That said, until the spring of 2006, Xanga's photo features were focused on enabling photo uploads within weblog posts. Xanga first started offering photo uploading on May 1, 2001. Originally, photo uploading was available only to premium members, and was limited to 20 MB of storage (although this was not enforced). Then, on April 7, 2005, Xanga overhauled its photo system to increase picture quality and picture size, as well as to increase capacity for the system overall. [4] This was followed, on August 5, 2005, with the beta release of a new Photo Manager that allowed users to more easily edit and view their photos. [5]
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Xanga is one of the world’s biggest blogging platforms, with around 27 million users. The New York-based company launched in 1999 with a service that allowed users to share book and movie reviews. Since then, it has morphed into a full-blown blogging platform, but the reviews feature is still a big part of the community. According to the Hitwise stats for June 2006, Xanga is the third biggest social network in the US, with 3.81% of the market - it’s particularly popular with teens. However, Xanga trails behind Facebook (number 2) and MySpace (number 1). What’s more, Xanga is losing market share - it’s down from 5.29% of the market in April 2006.
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Xanga supported limited profiles as early as its launch in 2000. Profiles were revamped on February 1, 2004 to hold more information and offer better email security and control. Each member was allowed to upload one profile picture. On April 30, 2004, Xanga upgraded its profile image uploading to offer better quality images. [15] Then on July 27, 2004, Xanga followed up with multiple profile pics; classic members were allowed to upload up to 3 profile pics, while Premium members were allowed to upload up to 99 profile pics. Xangans were allowed to set a default pic which would appear next to their username, as well as choose between their profile pics in each entry.
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Like most social sites, Xanga provides a profile page for each user. Your profile page can include your favorite movies, TV shows, destinations, books, music, food and video games, as well as the schools and colleges you attended. Users with Classic accounts can upload 3 profile images, while Premium subscribers are limited to 99. When you leave comments on other Xangas, you can choose which of your profile photos will appear next to the comment. And just like MySpace, Xanga gives you the ability to add invite friends via email or while you’re browsing the site.
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