Taringa It was created on June 8, 2004 and unfortunately will not be active to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. One of the most emblematic sites in Latin America will be closed definitively on March 24.
A platform, also known as Taringa!, achieved ficer active for twenty years on the website. It was born in Argentina, literally under the leadership of a middle school student, and was later bought by Alberto Nakayama and the brothers Matías and Hernán Botbol.
Several years later, in 2019, o Taringa was acquired The company specialized in blockchain IOV Labs, which decided to give a new direction to the social network and transformed it into a web3. Subsequently, we will launch our application where we promise to monetize the memes, but here it is It was not enough to save the company.
O Taringa says goodbye quase 20 years after its launch.
Number exciting statementthe founders of Taringa expressaram are proud to be raised in a community where the freedom of expression prevails, gerando hundreds of thousands of stories, memes and unique moments.
“20 years of history is not a conquest of any site, platform or community that can be proud of. (…) We can call ourselves nerds, acidic, uncaring, anti-social, whatever we want. But let's make history and this, no one will ever be able to deny,” he expressed in a post from his personal profile.
And accretions: “The reasons are as simple as they are difficult to understand. With the change in trends in the last two years in relation to social networks, or Taringa! projecting a product that I was looking for or that other platforms could not reach, a space of freedom where or “The content could be monetized. However, due to market conditions and the competitiveness of social networks, this dream was frustrated.”
Thus, the decision to date arises in a context in which the world is constantly updating and social networks change in accordance with the fashion trend. Embora tenham oiled or challenge da modernidade, o mercado ea concorrência não foram favoráveis to keep them relevant.
Foram-se the days of the beginning of 2000, when the Taringa! was positioned as a das digital platforms most visited in Latin Americabecoming the second most popular social network in Argentina and the third in Latin America between 2013 and 2014, according to comScore.
Not so, as hundreds of messages say in his farewell post: “Voe alto Taringa!”, “Obrigado e até logo T!”.
I'm sad with the date of Taringa! I haven't done anything for a long time, but now I look back and feel proud of everything Taringa! conquered
I am very proud that, thanks to Taringa!, thousands of people were able to have a place to express themselves for the first time… pic.twitter.com/s3VXFvYvX3
— Matias Botbol (@gangachanga) March 12, 2024