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There aren’t too many things that scream mid-2000s U.K. culture quite like Bebo does. Launched in 2005 by California-based couple Michael and Xochi Birch, the social media platform — an acronym for “blog early, blog often” — became a sensation across the country amgonst early teens, overtaking the likes of MySpace and Facebook at the time and boasting more than 40 million members at its peak.
After selling the platform to AOL for around £623million (approximately $805million USD) in 2008, Birch regained the rights for £730,000 (approximately $1million USD) just a few years on, before finally selling Bebo to Amazon’s Twitch in 2019 for around £18million (approximately $25million USD).