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Blogging became popular
Blogger, LiveJournal, and Friendster were the first blogging sites to become popular and well known. http://www.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal was the first one to become popular. Following that was Blogger and Friendster -
Professional Networking sites developed
LinkedIn was the first to launch a site for professionals to communicate all over. https://www.linkedin.com/ -
The start of social networking with friends
Myspace was the first social networking site that allowed people to create a webpage, customize it, and add friends from all around the world. It allowed people to communicate on a different level. https://myspace.com/ -
Introducing Facebook
Facebook was the next social networking site to come about. Facebook was similar to Myspace, but it flew out of the water with popularity. Facebook allowed people to do the same as Myspace, but they added games, quizzes, and more to make the site more interactive and fun. https://www.facebook.com/ -
Videos on the Internet
YouTube is a site that people are allowed to watch videos of all sorts, from music, demonstrations, and more. https://www.youtube.com/ -
Twitter
Twitter created a new way to connect with friends. Twitter allows people to follow up on their favorite celebrities and friends. It is a site that allows people to post 160 character statues, like, comment, and favorite other statues from people everywhere. https://twitter.com/ -
New way of Bloggin
Tumblr created a new, easy, and fun way to blog. It always people to express themselves through pictures from everywhere. https://www.tumblr.com/ -
Pinterest
Pinterest allows people to pin/share/save, like, and comment on pictures from all sorts of categories. People can create boards and customize what they want to go in them. Boards created can range from travel destinations, dream homes and weddings, food and recipies, careers, and more. https://www.pinterest.com/ -
Social Networking in a New Perspective
When Instagram was created, the social networking area changed. This allowed people to simply share pictures of their everyday lives about whatever they feel they want to share. It is similar to Twitter, in the aspect of being able to follow celebrities and keep up with your favorite friends. https://www.instagram.com/ -
Picture messaging with out texting
Snapchat allows people to send pictures with little blurbs, or comments, for a certain amount of time -- up to ten seconds. Once the time they send has chosen is up, the receiver can not reopen the picture again; the picture is then lost in space. It now has effects, or filters, that can enhance a picture in a unique way.
