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LunarStorm
- Swedish commercial social network site
- Originally made for teenagers to use
- Created by company LunarWorks
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Wikipedia
- Free online encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Users can edit articles of information if they create an account
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Friendster
- Founded in 2002 but launched in 2003
- Founded by Jonathan Abrams
- Join communities based on interests
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MySpace
- Was largest social media site for 3 years
- Tim Vanderhook is the CEO
- Make friends and create blog posts with music and pictures
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LinkedIn
- Mainly for professional use
- For people looking for jobs and looking to hire
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Flickr
- Social media site to post images and videos
- Claim to have over 3.6 billion images
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YouTube
- First major video sharing site
- Users can subscribe to channels they like
- Thumbs up/Thumbs down videos
- Post comments
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Twitter
- Microblogs
- Posts are called “tweets”
- Users can reply to/like/retweet other users tweets
- More recently a source for news
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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
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Tumblr
- Blogs
- Post photos/videos/text posts/links, etc.
- Gain followers
- Like or “reblog” posts
- Bought by Yahoo! for 1.1 billion in 2013
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Spotify
- Stream music
- Gained 1 million users in 5 months
- Make playlists
- Get recommended music based on your likes and dislikes
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Foursquare
- Location based social network
- Users “check in” at their locations
- Seems like a Christmas present for human traffickers if you ask me
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Instagram
- Post images and videos
- Gain followers and likes on your posts
- Follow other users to fill your feed with content
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Google+
- An extension of the Google search engine
- Join group circles/chats
- Have video chats with friends
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Pheed
- Share photos/videos/voice notes/audio clips
- Broadcast live for others to see