Which social networks make money and how?

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it seems a lot of social networks and "hot apps" receive a lot of funding but which do actually make money? flickr for example launched in 2004 so by now it would be dead if it didnt make money right? http://www.flickr.com/cameras/ ok some ads but does that cover all of that bandwidth? youtube i read costs 1million a day in bandwidth.

which of the social networks make money?

how do they make money?

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myspace, facebook, bebo, hi5 - they all make money from advertising.

They're not making as much as you'd expect given the number of page views that they're getting though, so if you're planning a new social application keep in mind that you have to get huge in order to make significants amounts of money.

i know they have revenue, but does that cover the expenses so that they are actually making a profit?

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