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The First Email Sent
The very first email was sent by computer engineer Ray Tomlinson. The email was simply a test message to himself from one computer to another while they were right next to one another.
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IRC
The Internet Relay Chat, IRC, was an open protocol that allowed users to exchange text messages in real time over the internet. Created by Jarkko Oilkarinen
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Friendster
At this time, Friendster was the hottest social media outlet. This Malaysian-built platform, now defunct, was regarded as the pioneer of social media.https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media -
Linked In
The social media for business, emerged as one of the most popular social media sites in the world. Now it has more than 500 million users.
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Facebook
The king of social media. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and now holds more than 4.6 billion users.
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Youtube
The online streaming platform founded by former paypal employee. It allows user to watch, share and upload videos online.
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Twitter
Twitter was unique when compared to the other social media outlet. This was because it allowed users to easily interact with celebrities and share your message in 140 characters or less.
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The WhatsUp App
This was one of the only apps that did not have a lot of advertisements. It was a messaging platform. It has about 1.5 billion users as of today and allows users to use it for free.
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Instagram
This was one of the few apps that acted as competition to facebook. In this platform users can share, upload and create photos in the age of selfies Instagram instantly became popular among the masses.
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Snapchat
Now you can see stories on all social media platforms, but snapchat created that unique idea and revolutionized it. People loved the idea of disappearing messages, photos, videos and stories after 24 hours.
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Filters
From cat and dog faces to sunglasses and face swaps. Filters are available on many different social media outlets.https://interestingengineering.com/a-chronological-history-of-social-media -
TikTok
A platform that allows users to edit and share videos with anyone they chose. They can be from 3-15 seconds or on a continuous loop for 3-60 seconds.
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