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: In 2007, then-candidate Barack Obama used the platform as part of a groundbreaking digital strategy, quickly gaining 60,000 "friends" to reach Black voters. Current Status BlackPlanet - The world is yours.

: At its peak in 2008, it hosted approximately 15 million members and was a critical tool for political and social organizing. blackplanet

: The founders of MySpace famously cited BlackPlanet as a direct model for their general-market version of social networking. : In 2007, then-candidate Barack Obama used the

: It was one of the first platforms to shift the internet's focus from just information retrieval to connecting people. : In 2007