Soup.io was an

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and

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ging site.

History

Soup.io allowed the user to publish (editable in

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) text,

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, links, quotes and

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. It allowed users to share files (within the limit of 10 MB) and create events. Its interface professed to follow the Keep it Simple, Stupid principle ( KISS). In March 2015, Soup.io had close to million monthly users. In January 2017, Soup.io suffered

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, and had to be restored over several weeks from a 2015 backup. On 10 July 2020, a shutdown warning was sent to all users with less than 10 days notice, citing "high costs and low revenue streams". The shutdown date was 20 July 2020.

Currently

Currently, the soup.io domain is owned by Web Orange Limited. The organization is a registered company in

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and it serves as a

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platform for technology, business, lifestyle, etc. *

Awards

Soup.io received an investment during

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2008, has been classified by the

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as one of the essential 100 websites of 2009, and was named "Innovative IT-Challenger" by APA – IT in September 2009.

References

External links

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