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History of Social Media
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GeoCities
Beverly Hills Internet (BHI) started Geocities, which allowed users to create their own websites modeled after types of urban areas. -
Classmates.com
Modeled as a way to keep up with highschool calssmates -
SixDegrees.com
The Web had one million sites. Blogging begins. SixDegrees.com lets users create profiles and list friends. AOL Instant Messenger lets users chat. Blackboard is founded as an online course management system for educators and learners. -
Friendster.com
About 3 million people join Friendster during its first three months. -
LinkedIn.com
Professional Networking website gets its first job -
MySpace.com
Myspace debuts with tons of customization tools that reveal the terrible design sensibility of the average person. -
FaceBook.com aka The Face Book
Mark Zuckerberg, the Harvard dropout with the Adidas shower sandals, follows up his success with Facemash (think: Hot or Not) by launching Facebook. Six years later, he's king of the world. -
YouTube.com
You Tube begins archieving and sharing video content -
Twitter.com
Blogs are deemed too long. Twitter sets the new upper limit: 140 characters. -
Tumblr.com
Blogging for lazy people -
Instagram.com
Lame picture editing platform launches -
Google+
If Social Media platforms were countries, + would be Canada, a nice place but nobody lives there -
Foursquare.com
The world gets thousands more mayors, thanks to Foursquare. And badges. Suddenly everyone wants a badge.
