After BowieNet, David Bowie Goes Dark and Shuns Social Media

DavidBowie.com, January 8, 2013 . After 2004, the rise of the social web — and especially platforms like MySpace and Facebook — made niche social networks like BowieNet less relevant in the culture. This shift coincided with the slow decline of BowieNet itself. The portal and ISP had launched in 1998 and had two major redesigns (in 2000 and 2003 ), but when David Bowie suffered a heart attack…