history of social media

Six Degrees

Sep 1, 1997

The first social media site was created

Myspace

Jan 1, 2003

Offers peronal progress blogs, groups, photos, music, etc. Able to choose a background & photo to post on your way.

LinkedIn

Jan 2, 2003

Bussiness Oriented and social networking

Facebook

Feb 1, 2004

Launched in 2004 by Harvard students but later expanded. Able to create user profiles to add friends and post status updates, exchange messages

Twitter

Jan 1, 2006

Able to send & read messages less than 140 characters long called tweets, retweets allow you to repost instantly

Four Square

Jan 1, 2009

Recommends places to go around the user current location

Instagram

Jan 1, 2010

Photo and video sharing site that allows you to show instantly. Videos are only 15 seconds long.

Snapchat

Jan 1, 2012

Video messaging app that allows you to take photos, viedos. add text and drawings. Recentlu added filters with stamps of the city users are in.