Who else misses the Hi5 era? Was Hi5 popular in your country before Facebook came about?

Posted by Substratas@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 8 comments

I remember Hi5 used to be super popular in Albania & Romania before Facebook came about, and I kind of miss the old school social media vibes 🥹

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iadaci@reddit

Yeah, I had a profile from 2003 to 2007, it was fun, during my high school years...

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vaniot2@reddit

I had a flashy background that changed as you scrolled and a thingy that played slipknot on blast as soon as you entered my page. Could have given someone an epileptic crisis.

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Druidgr-93@reddit

I remember hi5. I used it like MySpace and I didn't had MySpace. But it was short lived because in 1year or 2 the Facebook became huge in Greece.

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mitsest@reddit

hi5 was even before myspace became popular, etf you talkin about

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Druidgr-93@reddit

I didn't knew that I thought MySpace was out before Hi5

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OkoMushrooom@reddit

I had one back then and I loved it but people used MSN more

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I am nostalgic of course, but it was a big pile of💩. It was the beginning of social media, nobody knew what to do. People were adding friends on-masse and collecting thousands. Everyone was competing in having the most eye sore of a profile page, with glittering backgrounds and animated gifs. Facebook won mostly because it specifically did not allow customization.

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MikeCM25@reddit

Im born in 2001 and I remember hi5, I used to play some farming game on there as a kid