Bebo says it will make a return in February 2021 as a "brand new social network."- Users won't be able to access their old accounts or data, it said.
- The site was founded in 2005 and had a tumultuous rise and fall.
Social-media network Bebo is returning in February 2021, according to an $4 posted on its website Thursday night.
"Bebo is coming back in February 2021 as a brand new social network," the post says.
The new site is currently available in private beta, and only people who have been provided with the password can access it.
All data and photos that were previously uploaded to the site were lost "many years ago" and are not recoverable, it added.
Twitter users shared their excitement about the announcement, with $4 "I'm definitely getting back on Bebo."
The news $4, another added.
—Seán Oh Boyle (@SeanOhBoyle) $4
The rise and fall of Bebo
Bebo was launched by husband-and-wife team $4 and Xochi Birch in January 2005 in $4. The couple had $4, including e-card site BirthdayAlarm.com and social-networking site Ringo.
"When we planned the site, all the cool, short names were taken," Michael Birch told $4. "But after we bought [the name Bebo] we invented an acronym for it: blog early, blog often."
The site in particular gained mass popularity in Ireland and the UK, where it was $4 in 2007.
As its popularity boomed, reaching $4, the founders sold the site to AOL for $850 million. AOL's CEO called Bebo $4
But this $4. After hinting at shutting down the site, AOL $4 to investment firm Criterion Capital Partners $4, and Bebo $4 in 2013.
But in a strange twist of events, Bebo's founders decided to $4 with a pledge to "reinvent" it.
After taking Bebo offline for a hefty chunk of maintenance, the Birches $4 with the slogan "Probably Not for Boring People," alongside an accompanying instant messaging app called "Bebo Blab." Two years later, Blab shut down.
The Bebo site turned to streaming software and then to $4 In 2019, it was $4 by Amazon subsidiary Twitch, who bought it for Bebo for $25 million after outbidding Discord. The Bebo site itself was then $4.
Sixteen years after it first launched, Bebo is now making a come-back.