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History of Social Media (2000-Present)

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  • LunarStorm

    • Swedish commercial social network site
    • Originally made for teenagers to use
    • Created by company LunarWorks
  • Wikipedia

    • Free online encyclopedia
    • Wikimedia Foundation
    • Users can edit articles of information if they create an account
  • Friendster

    • Founded in 2002 but launched in 2003
    • Founded by Jonathan Abrams
    • Join communities based on interests
  • MySpace

    • Was largest social media site for 3 years
    • Tim Vanderhook is the CEO
    • Make friends and create blog posts with music and pictures
  • LinkedIn

    • Mainly for professional use
    • For people looking for jobs and looking to hire
  • Flickr

    • Social media site to post images and videos
    • Claim to have over 3.6 billion images
  • YouTube

    • First major video sharing site
    • Users can subscribe to channels they like
    • Thumbs up/Thumbs down videos
    • Post comments
  • Twitter

    • Microblogs
    • Posts are called “tweets”
    • Users can reply to/like/retweet other users tweets
    • More recently a source for news
  • Facebook (Public)

    • More than 1 million people joining every week after its launch
    • Top photo sharing site
    • Add friends
    • Play games with friends
    • Post videos and photos
  • Tumblr

    • Blogs
    • Post photos/videos/text posts/links, etc.
    • Gain followers
    • Like or “reblog” posts
    • Bought by Yahoo! for 1.1 billion in 2013
  • Spotify

    • Stream music
    • Gained 1 million users in 5 months
    • Make playlists
    • Get recommended music based on your likes and dislikes
  • Foursquare

    • Location based social network
    • Users “check in” at their locations
    • Seems like a Christmas present for human traffickers if you ask me
  • Instagram

    • Post images and videos
    • Gain followers and likes on your posts
    • Follow other users to fill your feed with content
  • Google+

    • An extension of the Google search engine
    • Join group circles/chats
    • Have video chats with friends
  • Pheed

    • Share photos/videos/voice notes/audio clips
    • Broadcast live for others to see