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bolt website wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 1996 2006 2 2006 2009 3 bolt and american idol 4 references toggle the table of contents bolt website add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia former social networking site this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources bolt website news newspapers books scholar jstor march 2008 learn how and when to remove this message bolt website type social network service available in english owners fundbolt llc creator dan pelson jane mount website www bolt com commercial yes registration required for most services launched 1996 current status inactive bolt was a social networking and video website active from 1996 to 2007 before reopening in april 2008 it was shut down for a period of one year due to copyright violations leading to bankruptcy it was acquired by new owners on january 4 2008 1 and operated successfully for several months before announcing plans to go offline in october 2008 2 1996 2006 edit in 1996 bolt com was founded as a teen community by dan pelson and jane mount as part of concrete media it was among the first social networking sites to appear on the internet 3 it offered content that included daily horoscopes chat rooms message boards tagbooks a knowledge market feature photo albums internet radio browser games blogs e cards an instant messenger service a clubs feature giving people with similar interests a common message board and badges a system of awards for user profiles an email service was hosted but it was discontinued due to email companies such as yahoo and google providing between 1 and nearly 3 gigabytes of email storage for free rendering bolt s email service obsolete this was done without notifying its email subscribers bolt was also one of the first sites to give its members their own web page in 2002 the badges became more sponsor based which led to bolt becoming more commercial with an increase of ads into the users activities company badges included verizon wireless gillette and sony bolt was originally marketed towards teenagers to create content meet people and play games in a safe and age appropriate environment as members aged and stayed with the site more members were college students and between ages 18 24 in 2005 bolt com launched its second iteration boltfolio calling itself the leader of the cult of creativity boltfolio intended to provide a one stop shop for creative users to upload their own photos videos and music as well as write blogs or record directly from a webcam the goal of boltfolio was to provide a set of tools that would attract users of creative sites such as deviantart youtube and flickr 2006 2009 edit in december 2005 bolt media finalized a deal to purchase intermedia inc a small company focused on a video sharing site yashi yashi and boltfolio were integrated into one site and in march 2006 bolt media opted to focus the company on this new property boltfolio became bolt com moving the existing bolt com site to bolt2 com as 2006 wore on creative bolt members were featured less frequently on the site taking a back seat to videos produced by bolt staff popular music videos and viral videos that also were appearing on competing video sites bolt2 com logo on october 17 2006 one week after announcing a revenue sharing deal with youtube universal music filed suit against bolt media and another video site grouper universal contended that both sites allowed and encouraged their users to swap unlicensed music videos several weeks later bolt removed the music section from their site without any explanation 4 in february 2007 bolt media announced that it would be selling itself to gofish another online video company for 30 million according to aaron cohen bolt s ceo bolt would once again change its focus from uploaded content to content creation saying that the former was no longer interesting business cohen and bolt president jay gould are also involved in a new project called wikiyou which has received seed funding from first round capital and mayfield fund 5 on march 30 2007 it was announced that bolt2 com would shut down on april 6 2007 ending more than 10 years of operations this letter posted on the site to members of the community well the time had come we have decided that it is time to officially say good bye to bolt2 in the past few years bolt media has explored new ideas and grown in a different direction as we continue to move in this direction it has become necessary that we need to make some difficult choices one of which is the closure of bolt2 although we value our loyal members we are clearly moving in a new direction and need to focus our energies there we recognize that many of you have been on the site for up to 10 years and would like to thank you for your support and for allowing us to be a part of your lives we hope you are able to take the time to reflect on the people who you may have met through bolt2 and maintain these friendships after the site is down much like pulling off a band aid the closure will be short and hopefully not too painful the site will officially close on friday april 6th at noon eastern standard time again we would like to express our gratitude for your continued support of bolt2 you have been a valuable part of our lives and we hope to see you on bolt in the future 6 bolt com logo from 2006 to 2008 on july 30 2007 digital music news reported that the gofish buyout of bolt had been abandoned 7 this was later confirmed by gofish in a press release 8 unable to withstand a lawsuit from copyright holders bolt com filed for bankruptcy and the site was shut down august 14 2007 on april 21 2008 bolt com went live again the domain was registered to fundbolt llc a limited liability company based in irvington new york 9 on august 1 2008 bolt com began integrating aspects of the old bolt2 com site tagbooks a popular way to ask questions and get answers from the broader community were relaunched on the site on september 30 2008 bolt com was announced to be shutting down once again it was announced that this was due to the website s resurrection not working out as they d hoped on october 6 2008 the site was shut down in december 2008 a notice was put up at the bottom of bolt com s old domain announcing the return of bolt com social network the site was later re opened hosted by ning by july 2011 the site was once again shut down until bolt3 launched bolt and american idol edit in 2003 bolt was the official message board for fox s american idol during the second season in 2003 this created a swarm of new members signing up to talk only about american idol this did not sit well with the veterans as the quality of discussion on the site greatly dwindled fox later created and maintained their own message boards for the third season but cross promotion still continued with ai sponsored quizzes avatars and badges by the fourth season the cross promotion was gone but the message boards were still created and maintained there were no message boards created for the fifth season of american idol references edit chaffin joshua 9 march 2007 rights success for universal as bolt settles financial times ft com archived from the original on 2022 12 11 retrieved 2012 07 30 bolt com archived october 4 2008 at the wayback machine bolt is shutting down retrieved september 30 2008 pasiuk laurie 2006 vault guide to the top internet industry employers vault inc isbn 9781581313840 nbc battles and joins with video web sites the wall street journal bolt com selling to gofish for 30m archived 2007 03 18 at the wayback machine newteevee com bolt com rip files for bankruptcy mashable com digital music news archived september 28 2007 at the wayback machine gofish report gofish terminates plan to acquire bolt media prweb com august 2 2007 whois net archived from the original on 2011 11 02 retrieved 2008 06 11 v t e social networking services personal 23snaps amikumu anobii are na badoo bebo bereal blacksky bluesky bharatmatrimony cara clapper clubhouse cyworld diaspora douban draugiem lv facebook foursquare swarm friendica gab gapo gettr gnu social gowalla hive social hubski instagram irc galleria 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