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title: MoSoSos
date: "2005-03-08T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 721
description: I highlight the rise of MoSoSos (Mobile Social Software) through Dodgeball's early location-based alerts. The service helped users connect in real life by notifying them of nearby friends and crushes via text message.
keywords: [mososos, mobile social software, dodgeball, location-based services, sms networking, social technology]
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[MoSoSos](http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66813,00.html): Mobile Social Software services.

> I checked in to [dodgeball](http://www.dodgeball.com/social/index.php), she said, and "I got an alert that 'so-and-so has a crush on you, and he is at X bar, go and say hi.'" she said.
>
> So McGunigle went to the bar, and by coincidence, it was the same guy she'd just seen on the subway. Like her, he'd been too shy to make an approach, but not to send a text message.

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## Comments

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- **Dhar** _8 Mar 2005 2:06 pm_:
  > Nor do I. I host on Geocities, which serves ads.\
  > So why not try rootshell.be. They give a free \*nix account and currently they often have problems with quota system. So technically unlimited space, no banner ads, amazing uptime... blah... blah... blah.
- **S Anand** _8 Mar 2005 3:06 pm_:
  www.freestarthost.com is what I am testing right now.
- **S Anand** _8 Mar 2005 4:47 pm_:
  But in the meantime, the ads seem to have vanished!
- **Dhar** _8 Mar 2005 6:54 pm_:
  Yeah.. that is right. I wonder what happened.

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