Xanga Mug Mindvox in 1984 while a student

in 1984 while a student at the University of Texas at Austin

In August 2004

slowly declined starting in the late 2000s

and move it to the head of the pack of social networking websites

Xanga Mug Mindvox in 1984 while a studentHistory: Xanga began in 1999 as a site for sharing book and music reviews. It became public in 2000, following a series of e mail recruitment methods via GeoCities. Over the next few years, Xanga underwent several formatting changes. Featured Content was divided in 2002, being replaced by Premium and Classic views. Eventually, new profile features such as friends, "nudges", and chat forums that resemble Facebook were added, and video and audio