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Bulletin Board System
first site with login option -
Usenet
post news -
Compuserve
chat introduced -
Prodigy Communications Corporations
created online portals and news -
Introduction to Internet Relay Chat
able to share files and stay in touch -
Introduction to ICQ
messaging, multiplayer games, emoticons, and text lingo such as "lol" -
Six Degrees
first social media site to allow users to create profiles and add friends -
Live Journal
introduced content on blogs and forums -
Wikipedia
online free encyclopedia -
Friendster
allowed people to network and meet new people -
Hi5
photo sharing, user groups, social gaming, and status update -
MySpace
private messaging, public comments on profiles, bulletins sent to friends -
Facebook
only for Harvard students -
Orkut
owned by Google, meet old and new friends, change themes -
Flickr
photo sharing platform -
YouTube
video streaming and video sharing platform -
Reddit
social network platform -
Facebook
1.44 billion active users -
Twitter
microblogging platform -
Tumblr
live streaming and microblogging -
WhatsApp
ios, android and windows application for chats -
Snapchat
chatting by posting pictures -
Tinder
dating app -
Vine
video sharing -
Pheed
live broadcast