History of Social Media

Letters

550 BCE

first way to communicate to people other than face to face https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html

Telephone

Jan 29, 1976

a way to talk and hear someone without face to face contact https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html

Six Degrees

Period: Jan 30, 1997 to Jan 30, 2001

Create profile and friend people. although you didn't need to register to access and talk to others. http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/

AOL IM

May 29, 1997

private chat to users from around the world. video chats and file transfers were started. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Xanga

Apr 4, 1999

started out as a review page for films and books. became a blogging site. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Facebook was originally for Harvard students only. http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/

Flickr

Feb 10, 2004

photo uploading sharing site http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Youtube

Feb 14, 2005

A way for people to communicate with others through voice or video https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html

Twitter

Mar 21, 2006

140 characters or less to write anything you want http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/

Tumblr

Feb 19, 2007

a blogging website that is now used to share anything. http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/

Instagram

Oct 6, 2010

photo sharing site, able to edit, filter and share to other social medias. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Snapchat

Sep 29, 2011

was originally suppose to be a sexting app called "Pictaboo" easy way to send ten second videos or photos to friends or the public. stories last only for 24 hours. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/