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Hyves relaunch🇳🇱

Mediahuis Nederland

Mediahuis rebuilt and relaunched Hyves as a web and mobile social network centered on friends and communities, with a chronological timeline instead of an algorithmically ranked endless feed. It is a rare attempt to challenge mainstream social platforms with a deliberately calmer product model and predominantly European technical infrastructure.

🇪🇺 EU based

About the company

Mediahuis Nederland is the Dutch operation of European media group Mediahuis. Alongside its journalism and consumer-media portfolio, it develops digital products including the modern relaunch of the Dutch social-network brand Hyves.

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