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Windows Live Spaces
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<p>Windows Live Spaces was <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/facts/Blogging/bb6awu2X">blogging</a> platform and <a href="/facts/Social_network_service/qFIh6VT1">social network service</a>. The site was originally released in early 2004 as MSN Spaces to compete with other <a href="/facts/Social_networking_service/qFIh6VT1">social networking services</a>, and re-launched in 2006 as a part of a shifting of community services away from the <a href="/facts/MSN/IxAzVWYJ">MSN</a> brand. Windows Live Spaces received an estimated 27 million (27,000,000) unique visitors per month as of August 2007. Despite being considered a useful messaging and communication tool, Windows Live Spaces has been criticized as not being as powerful as some of its alternatives. It was shut down in 2011 due to low viewership. </p>