Monster is closing down its career assessment and social networking site Tickle, which it bought in 2004 for a price of up to $70 million. Monster will lay off an undisclosed number of staffers as it moves to shut down Tickle, the quiz aggregator and social net it acquired in 2004 for about $90 million.

The recruiting giant has also begun to decommission Tickle’s subsidiary brands Love Happens, a dating site, and Ringo, a photo and video sharing service. All of these will be absorbed into Affinity Labs, a network of vertical career sites recently acquired by Monster

Monster is closing down its career assessment and social networking site Tickle, which it bought in 2004 for a price of up to $70 million.

Monster hinted Tickle’s capabilities would be reborned albeit in a different form. “Online tests and quizzes are an engaging format for online self-discovery and will continue to be leveraged across Monster sites,” said the company’s statement, “and we intend to take advantage of Tickle’s capabilities and reuse them in a new product”

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