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== Blip.pl ==
'''Blip.pl''' (or just '''Blip''') was a Polish [[social networking]] internet service, founded in May 2007 and currently owned by Gadu-Gadu. It had [[microblogging]] capability. Soon after being established, it was purchased by Gadu-Gadu S.A in June 2007.

About 329,000 people visited the site in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dominik|last=Szarek|url=http://interaktywnie.com/biznes/newsy/raporty-i-badania/prawie-1-2-mln-internautow-korzysta-z-mikroblogow-537|title=Prawie 1,2 mln internautów korzysta z mikroblogów|website=interaktywnie.com|date=5 October 2009|language=Polish}}</ref> In October 2009 the number of posts on the network exceeded ten million.<ref>{{cite web|first=Agata|last=Kozak|url=http://www.bliplog.pl/10-milionow-wiadomosci-wyslanych-na-blipie-dzieki/415|title=10 milionów wiadomości wysłanych na Blipie! Dzięki!|website=Bliplog.pl|date=20 October 2009|language=Polish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315220434/http://www.bliplog.pl/10-milionow-wiadomosci-wyslanych-na-blipie-dzieki/415|archive-date=15 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> By 4 December 2010 the service had 80,000 users.<ref>[http://stats.blipi.pl/blip Blipi.pl - statystyki.]</ref> Notable Polish celebrities and politicians, such as [[Lech Wałęsa]] and [[Grzegorz Napieralski]], used the site.<ref>{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Kotowski|url=http://di.com.pl/news/27579,0,Slawy_na_Blipie_droga_do_sukcesu.html|title=Sławy na Blipie drogą do sukcesu?|website=W: Dziennik Internautów|date=17 July 2009|language=Polish}}</ref> The service was used as a communication channel of various governmental services, for example [[Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych|ZUS]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 October 2009|title=Blip: ZUS zaczął blipować|first=Mariusz|last=Koryszewski|url=http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,7163714,Blip__ZUS_zaczal_blipowac.html|language=Polish|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323164309/http://technologie.gazeta.pl/technologie/1,81010,7163714,Blip__ZUS_zaczal_blipowac.html|archive-date=23 March 2014|access-date=1 July 2019|website=gazeta.pl}}</ref>

Blip was closed on 2 September 2013, following a two-month advance notice. During this period, users could choose to migrate their accounts to [[Wykop.pl|Wykop]], which hosts a similar microblogging service.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wczoraj część z Was zauważyła dość zastanawiającą...|url=https://www.wykop.pl/wpis/1985589/wczoraj-czesc-z-was-zauwazyla-dosc-zastanawiajaca-/|access-date=1 July 2019|language=Polish|website=Wykop.pl|date=July 2013 }}</ref>