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On , the time came for the bridges to be dismantled. Oracle, the Great Guardian that had acquired AddThis years prior, announced it was time for the service to terminate .

One by one, the floating sidebars began to vanish. The colorful squares grayed out and disappeared from the edges of the internet. The creators who had relied on those bridges for decades had to find new ways to connect. AddThis didn't leave with a bang, but with a quiet "thank you" to the millions of users who had clicked their buttons over the years. AddThis

AddThis was once the most ubiquitous social sharing tool on the internet, known for its iconic floating sidebar that followed readers across millions of websites. The following story imagines its life and eventual retirement in early 2023. The Great Connector On , the time came for the bridges to be dismantled