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The Birth of Social media
The first social media website had been released called, Six Degrees. It was named about the six degrees of separation theory. This lasted from 1997 to 2001. The website allowed users to create a profile and create friends with other users. reference: http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/ photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SixDegrees.com_logo.jpg -
Messengers
In 1999, messenger apps were launched. They were: Yahoo! Messenger and MSN messenger. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Photo Credit: https://seeklogo.com/vector-logo/219465/yahoo-messenger -
Internet Take Over
By the year 2000, over 100 million people were able to have access to the internet. This was also the start when people became engaged socially online. At this time, it was an odd hobby but since the year 2000, it has become everything to millennials. Reference: http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/ Photo Credit: https://www.lifewire.com/difference-between-the-internet-and-the-web-2483335 -
MySpace
In 2003, the popular social media app, MySpace was created. This website was a place to set up a profile and mingle with other people. This was the original social media profile website that inspired other sights such as Facebook. However, LinkedIn started the same year and is still yes to this day to network. reference: http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/
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Skype Makes an Appearance
In 2003, Skype, which is a polar instant messaging and video calling service is launched. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Photo Credit: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/fa392/how-do-i-manage-my-conversation-history-in-skype-for-windows-desktop -
Mark Zuckerberg
In 2004, Zuckerberd launched was is now the biggest social media site. In this year, Facebook was TheFacebook.com and was only available for Harvard Students where Zuckerberg attend. He had seen the potential and soon released his creation to the world at the website of Facebook.com Reference: http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/ Photo Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F_icon.svg -
YouTube
In 2005, YouTube launches. This is a video sharing website that allows its users to post almost anything from music, vlogs, short films, etc., for people to watch and enjoy. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Photo Credit: https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/29/16216868/new-youtube-logo-redesign-font-color-app-design -
Twitter
By 2006, the popularity of texting inspired a four men named Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Noah Glass, and Evan Williams, to create a new social media app called Twitter. Which is a service that created users to send 'tweets' of what used to be 140 characters or less. Today, there are over 500 million users on Twitter. Reference: http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/ Photo Credit: http://scalar.usc.edu/works/love-stories/twitter-logo -
Tumblr
A website called Tumblr is created by David Karp. Tumblr is a microblogging website that is now owned by Yahoo. reference: http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/ Photo Credit: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/06/23/dont-blame-the-dmca-for-tumblrs-policy/ -
Everything Social Media
Around the time of 2010, more social media sites are being created. Some of those are as follow: Flickr (a photo sharing site), Photobucket, and Instagram. However, out of those three, Instagram is the more popular one as it is one of the top social media sites to include on business cards. Reference: http://historycooperative.org/the-history-of-social-media/ Photo Credit: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/01/how-to-add-social-media-links-to-your-gmail-signature/ -
Pinterest
In 2010, a photo sharing website launches called, Pinterest. On this website, users are able to submit images ("pins") and then other users can "pin" them to their personalized pinboards. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Photo Credit: http://www.statussocial.co.uk/worth-investing-pinterest/ -
Snapchat
This app allows users to share photos/videos for up to ten seconds then it disappears. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media
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Dating App
In 2012, the popular dating-oriented app known as Tinder is launched. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Photo Credit: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=55653 -
Birth of Vine
In 2013, the internet is blessed with a video app called Vine where users can create videos that are up to 6 seconds long.Shortly after it was launched, it was acquired by Twitter for $30 million. 3 years later, in 2016, vine is discontinued. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Photo Credit: https://www.shareicon.net/entertainment-video-logo-social-vine-105995
