Skyblog
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Skyblog is a weblog service was lauched in December 2002 by Skyrock (a French youth-oriented radio station). It is contested that this service cannot be considered as a real weblog because Skyblog users ("Skybloggers") often use their account to publish photos without any accompanying articles. With over 6 million members, it can be considered the French version of MySpace, LiveJournal or Xanga. The majority of Skybloggers use the SMS language in their entries.
[edit] Political resourcefulness in major events
Due to Skyblog's reach to the young society in France, Skyblog has been utilized as a common source of online rallying and communication during the Paris Riots of 2005 [1]. It has also been used in the organisation of underground political demonstrations and movements, similar to the 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests.
