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Skunk was a Swedish social networking community website founded in 1998. It was one of the pioneers in the field, and the largest community website in Sweden in 2000, [1] mostly popular with teenagers. It was subsequently overtaken by competitors such as Lunarstorm and Playahead. Skunk became part of Spray Network. [2] [3] [4] [5]

In June 2010 Spray Network announced that they had decided to shut down the site and it closed on 30 June 2010. [6]

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References

  1. "Skunk.nu riktar bara in sig mot vissa – men blir landets största community". Internetmuseum (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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