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 <title>Prediction: eCirkit will shut down its social networking service by Jan. 1, 2009</title>
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&lt;p&gt;In a crowd of larger and better-supported social networking sites and an uncertain economic climate, eCirkit will be forced to shut down its social networking service by the end of this year. The criteria for this prediction coming true are a public announcement from the company that it is no longer supporting the website or its features. This prediction will close approximately one week before the judgement date, or when an announcement is made, whichever comes first. (Note: This prediction is part of &lt;i&gt;The Industry Standard&lt;/i&gt; special feature, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;Opinion: 10 &#039;Net services that will succeed, and 10 that will probably fail&lt;/a&gt;. To see the related article, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/31/ecirkit-extreme-attitude-weak-execution&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. To read the rest of the special feature, and see the many related predictions, &lt;a href=&quot;/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:58:06 -0700</pubDate>
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