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Windows
Windows messenger releases and comes with Windows XP (the biggest PC Operating System) at the time), making it more accessible than MSN messenger. (Josh) -
Skype
Skype video chat and instant massager launches (Devyn) -
Youtube
YouTube Launches originally meant to be a dating website quickly failed and after 6 months there was an estimated 2 million users on the site daily. (Devyn) June 14th, 2005 first YouTube comment ever. (Pat) -
Game voice chat
first in-game voice chat video game. (Pat) -
Twitter
The first tweet ever made. (Pat) -
Twitch
twitch live streaming service for primary gamers launches originally planned to be a spinoff of Justin. tv over the course of its first-year twitch had acquired 3.2 million users. (Devyn) -
Snapchat
Snapchat founded September 16th 2011(Pat) Later on, in 2011 Snapchat launches its revolutionary disappearing content after 24 hours the first social media platform to do that after one year the 100,000 users after one year of service. (Devyn) -
Facebook
Facebook goes public. Valued at $104 billion it had the highest valuation for a newly publicized company. (Josh) -
Twitch
Justin. tv live streaming service that twitch spun off shuts down to focus on work with twitch. (Devyn) -
Music.ly
Bytedance purchased Musical.ly, which eventually becomes TikTok for $1 billion. (Josh) -
Google+
Google shuts down google+, their own social network, due to low usage and for privacy purposes as 2 major data leaks have happened through the platform. (Josh) -
Twitter
Elon Musk buys twitter for $44 billion dollars and makes the platform private. (Josh)