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Birth of social media
First social media with a website that aloud users to create a profile and friend other users. This lasts till about 2001
http://sixdegrees.com/ -
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Internet
The internet is everywhere and people have a better chance of communicating on the web. -
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MySpace/ Linkedin
Myspace was the original social media profile website, and inspiring the big competitor like Facebook to do the same. Another beginning social media website was LinkedIn and still a website today. It was mainly for professionals who wanted to network with each other.
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Facebook/Twitter
Mark Zuckerberg launched the big social media giant but it was only for Harvard students in the beginning and then released later to the world. Currently has over a billion users. Twitter was a service allowing users to send "tweets" and twitter has over 500 million users
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Youtube
YouTube is a video sharing website and allows users to upload view rate or share other videos and subscribe to users that they would like to see. -
Tumblr
Is a microblogging and social networking website and users can follow other users blogs. -
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Instragram/Pinterest/Spotify
All are very popular social platforms and are used a lot on smartphones by users. Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service own Facebook -
Sources
Ahmad, I. (2018, April 27). The History of Social Media [Infographic]. Retrieved from https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/the-history-of-social-media-infographic-1/522285/
