R.I.P. Sconex
Posted by anastasia on 08-19-2008I mentioned as a footnote in yesterday's Essentials that I had received a tip saying Sconex.com, the high school social networking site founded by Josh Schanker has been down. It appears it is down for good. A source inside Alloy told me, "yes Sconex has closed - we're shifting our efforts with focus on our Teen.com platform - audience has grown to over 22 million since we launched and will be sharing developments/social media opportunities there soon." Alloy acquired Sconex in March of 2006 for $6.1 million. When I was interviewing teens in NYC for Totally Wired, and asked which social networking site they were on, several told me Sconex, which is how the site first appeared on my personal radar.
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October 1st, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Well frankly I am hurt that Sconex is gone…not that I cared for the site itself, its just the place where I had letter from my friend that passed away. Pictures, letters, his phone number [I'm sure it no longer exists] but it was all saved there. Now it is all gone.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:15 am
Sconex was my last hope in finding a long lost friend. I don't think I'll ever find her again…
October 13th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
i am so upset. i had a journal on sconex, and i had been keeping it for a year. i have depression problems, and i would write where no one would see on the journal on sconex, and all my thoughts, all my revelations, and all my poems and other things i had saved on that journal are gone. and it hurts cause that was all my hard work. feels like a year of my life disappeared. i wish someone had told me it was going to be deleted. =[
October 13th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Hi Danielle and "Small Lady." I have contacted Alloy, the company that bought Sconex to see if there is any way they can recover files for set up a customer support email for Sconex users. Danielle, I'm really sorry that happened to you.
October 18th, 2008 at 12:41 am
omg i really really want all my pictures back..i had all my old pictures there believing i will allways have them…ughhhh why it needed to shut down for?
October 20th, 2008 at 10:17 am
i had some pictures too why didnt they give a warning saying it was going to be deleted i want my pictures back
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
man how did it die i miss sconex i went to that website everyday and every night, i want it back!:[
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:18 pm
omg, im tight! i had old pix on dere dat i cud neva get bak!!! i swore dat i cud have it dere 4 eva, now all my old freinds i cyan find bcuz of dis! i wan my pix my files and evryting bak!! >:o
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
awww man, i had so much of my poetry and writing pieces….so muchhhhh pages and pages….now its alll goonne, i wish there was a way to get them back
October 24th, 2008 at 11:46 am
yo, i aint really care for the site, it was type trash, but like every one else i had some improtant stuff on dere, but it dosent make a difference in my life if its gone or not.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:57 am
I AM SOOOO MAD WTF I HAD THE CUTEST PIX AND IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE I FELT SAFE CHATTIN WITH FRIENDS……THIS SUCKS
November 4th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Man, that's not cool… Sconex was iight…. I had piks of me on ma freshmen year wit ma pplz, friends from way back when, and piks i drew a long time ago… :(
November 10th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
im so mad!! i havent been on sconex 4 a while and now i find out its gone….i had lots of stuff there that i have saved and now they are all gone!!! they shouldve sent a massive email saying that it was going to shut down that way people had a chance to save any posts or pictures!! that was an unfair thing to do
November 10th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
WOW. I jus tried to log into sconex and TeenTv pops up. idk where that came from but when i googled sconex i found this. i definitely share everyone's pain and im sad that it's gone. they should have alerted everyone somehow thru an email or something. this is terrible and im sorry for those who lost important files. i wish all of yall the best. God Bless!
November 12th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
this is a tradgedy.the same thing happened to me iu was trying to find a friend… tried to log on and found this.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I totally agree with "vane" all my pics & private messages have gone, I thought something was wrong with my internet so I didn't try to go on for a while, when I finally came to try again it kept taking me to another site, then I thought to myself. This is stupid, why ain't this working?! I then found this site & from everyone else's comments I now know what's going on.
I seriously feel hurt. Some people just don't care! how you gonna just delete the site without no warning, it don't make sense. I want my pics, messages & everything back!!
November 14th, 2008 at 3:50 am
i cant believe it i had all my memories on there its just wrong how we werent notified..my bff's pics who passed were the most important things to me idc about the rest it kinds hurt cuz now i only have one pic of her n i had all my great friends in there ..i wish i cud get em all bak =[
November 15th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Its kind of crazy for it to just be deleted that was the only place where u can find ppl from the past … I hope they send everyones an email with all there stuff back …. they should bring ti back .. why woud they delete if it was so popular … and safer than other websites …. hope I get a chance to get my stuff back at least .. r.I.p sconex ..
November 19th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
That's crazy that they just shut down the website without any warnings… Anyway I have a good news, there is a new awesome website for highschool students called http://highschooltabloid.com. It's more a tabloid like Perez or Tmz than a myspace-like and it seems to be a really kool and new concept.They have a tabloid for every US School and the students report about their school life.I already sign up under my school, John Marshall in L.A, so see you there guys ;) I looooooooove Tabloids ;p
November 20th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
As a mother of two teenagers I am disturbed that these kids have lost a part of themselves & no one showed them the respect to inform them that the end was coming for their online storage. How can we teach our children to be compassionate & respectful when they are treated with such disrespect & lack of compassion by a company. It's hard enough to raise kids these days without companies adding to their confusion & mistrust. FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GIVE THEM BACK THEIR STUFF…it isn't rocket science, just do it.
November 20th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Does someone have any information on how we can recover our old photos, messages and life on Sconex! I also had many memories on that site and sympathize with all those, who like me, have lost a piece of themselves with the deletion of sconex. I will now make sure to save all of my files from other sites since it is now ever more obvious that nothing is safe on the internet.
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:37 am
dang i cant believe this i met the love of my life on sconex sounds weid but we in it a year now and everything is great…well nothing we can do now jus hope theres a way to get all our stuff back alot of memories on that site….smh
November 24th, 2008 at 5:00 am
I too met someone extremely special on sconex and had pictures and personal blogs saved on the site.Poems and things i wish i remembered now.their was a lot of perverted profiles but i still liked the site and miss it very much…
Me and that girl are broken up now and even though it was just the site we met on,it feels like something is missing.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:09 am
wow thats sad i was wondering why the other day i tried to log on and i kept getting teen something. then today when i tried again, i notice the RIP sconex. It was my last hope of getting some of my friends' #s. wow i loss all my infos and pixs. i do have to admit that i had stop using sconex since i was in my freshment year. I used to log on to check my inbox and get my pix n dat was once n a while. wow im shock who would have thought that. In memories of Sconex im sorry
December 1st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
that sucks
December 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am
that so sucks big time, i hve storys, poems tht i so hven't saved on tht sit now its gone, omg, upset…….
December 20th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
WOW im very upset….i had very important stuff up there and friendz that i really loved but now i cant get in contact w/dem any more I jus tried to log into sconex and TeenTv pops up. idk where that came from but when i googled sconex i found this. i definitely share everyone's pain and im sad that it's gone. they should have alerted everyone somehow thru an email or something. this is terrible and im sorry for those who lost important files. i wish all of yall the best. God Bless!
December 30th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
wft…i cant believe this has happened..n without any warning. i dont think thats fair..they didnt evn tell us..one day its there and the next day this damn teen.com comes up!That site isnt even as cool as Sconex..I miss it yo..n i wnt bk all my pics and my friends that i dont think i'll be able to contact anymore. This sucks! hhmmp
January 8th, 2009 at 1:10 am
I`m pretty upset … i met my BEST FRIEND on sconex & we had so many poems and pictures up … first yahoo doesn`t savemy shyt, now sconex gets deleted !
it was my last hope … smh !