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History of Social Media

By sjk62

  • The first e-mail was delivered

    The first e-mail was delivered
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    History of Social Media

  • America Online (AOL) was founded

  • British engineers CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) started the creation of what was to be the World Wide Web

  • The first AOL Instant Message was sent by Ted Leonsis to his wife

    It read, "Don't be scared ... it is me. Love you and miss you." His wife replied, "Wow ... this is so cool!"

  • Amazon.com founded

  • Blogging begins

  • Blackboard Inc. founded

  • AOL Instant Messanger (AIM) launched

  • Friends Reunited launched

    1st online social network

  • LinkedIn

  • Myspace founded

  • Flickr launched

  • Facebook, Inc. founded

  • Facebook expands to other universities

  • YouTube goes live

  • The first YouTube video posted was posted by co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo.

  • Myspace becomes most popular social networking site in U.S.

  • Reddit launched

  • Facebook becomes available to high schools in United States

  • Facebook available in UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

  • The first tweet was written by co-founder Jack Dorsey

    The first tweet was written by co-founder Jack Dorsey

  • Twitter begins

  • Facebook reaches 1 million users

  • Facebook becomes most popular social network site outdoing Myspace

  • App store opens via iTunes

  • Flickr hosts more than 4 billion images

  • Twitter users are sending 50 million tweets per day

  • Facebook beats out Google as the most trafficked site on the Internet.

  • Pinterest launches

  • Twitter users are sending 65 million tweets per day, roughly 750 tweets per second.

  • Lady Gaga becomes the first living person to have 10 million friends on Facebook. She is second overall only to Michael Jackson who has 14 million friends.

  • Facebook reaches 500 million active users. The site reaches the mark less than 18 months after it hit the 200 million active user mark.

  • Instagram launches

  • The Social Network, a film about Facebook and its creator, Mark Zuckerburg, opens in movie theaters in the United States.

  • Lady Gaga becomes the first person to receive one billion overall views on YouTube.

  • Social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook help activists organize an uprising in Egypt. The trend of using social networking websites to organize protests and demonstrations continues throughout 2011 in the Middle East and North Africa.

  • An Egyptian baby is named Facebook to honor the role that social media played in Egypt's revolution.

  • Google+ launches

  • Snapchat launches

  • StumbleUpon surpasses Facebook as the site that delivers more than half of all U.S. social media traffic.

  • Facebook Law

    A teacher in Missouri sues the state over what has become known as the Facebook law. The new state law prevents teachers from contacting students through non-work related websites. The teacher's lawsuit argues that the new law makes it illegal for her to chat with her own child over Facebook.

  • Google+ hits the 90-million-user mark

  • Pinterest becomes fastest site in history to break through the 10 million unique visitor mark

  • Kony 2012

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012

  • Facebook acquires Instagram

  • “Call Me Maybe” Lip-Sync Videos Go Viral

  • Facebook launches paid promoted posts

  • Viral Video: Gangnam Style

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

  • McKayla Maroney is not impressed

    McKayla Maroney is not impressed

  • Facebook reaches 1 billion users

  • Twitter had 500 million registered users, 200 million active accounts

  • LinkedIn has more than 225 million acquired users in more than 200 countries and territories

  • Vine launches

  • Harlem Shake

  • Viral Video: Cleveland’s own Charles Ramsey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcRU0Op5P4

  • YouTube launches paid channels

  • Yahoo acquires Tumblr

  • Instagram video launches

  • Astronauts aboard the International Space Station regularly tweeted live from space to a global audience.

  • 74% of online adults use social networking sites

  • 500 million Tweets are sent per day

  • Viral Trend: The Red Eye of Bob Costas

    Viral Trend: The Red Eye of Bob Costas

  • Viral video: "Let It Go" One Voice Children's Choir

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJYk1jOhzk

  • Viral Trend: Ellen's Oscar Selfie

    Viral Trend: Ellen's Oscar Selfie

  • Facebook has 1.01 billion mobile monthly active users

  • Viral Topic: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

  • Viral Topic: The Potato Salad Kickstarter

  • Viral Topic: Ebola Freak-Out

  • Viral Video: The Apparently Kid

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz5TGN7eUcM

  • Celebrity Nude Photo Leak

  • Viral Topic: TJ Lane escapes prison

  • Viral Trend: #AlexfromTarget

    Viral Trend: #AlexfromTarget
    Who the hell is Alex from Target?

  • Viral Topic: Kim Kardashian on Paper Magazine

  • 20 Billion+ photos has been shared on Instagram to date

  • More than 2 users sign-up for LinkedIn every second

  • 80% of Pinterest users are female