History of Social Media

First Telegraph

Jan 1, 1844

The first telegraph, a bible verse, sent by Samuel Morse from Washington DC to Baltimore. It has been deemed "the first DM." http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

"Six Degrees" of creation

Jan 1, 1997

Six Degrees was created in 1997 and was named the first social media site. This site allowed users to create a profile and friend other users. http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/the-history-of-social-media-from-1978-2012-infographic/90816

Napster

Jun 1, 1999

First peer-to-peer platform created, mainly for music sharing. Filed for bankruptcy after being sued by A&M Records, Inc. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

LinkedIn created

Nov 14, 2002

The first social media site that focused strictly on professional relationships was created. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

MySpace

Aug 1, 2003

Created in 2003, MySpace became the United States most visited website in July 2006. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

The largest social network on the internet, with more than 1.7 billion monthly active users, created by Mark Zuckerberg launches. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

YouTube

Feb 14, 2005

First video search engine created. Allows users to upload their own videos to share with anyone around the world http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Reddit

Jun 23, 2005

Reddit launches as a community site with user-submitted content, sub-reddits and a popular up-voting and down-voting system allowing users to deem what content is worthy of being seen. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Twitter

Mar 21, 2006

Twitter launches. This service only allows 140 character "tweets" aka status updates. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Instagram

Oct 6, 2010

Popular image sharing launches. Purchased by Facebook in 2012. http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

SnapChat

Sep 1, 2011

Created in 2011, the novelty of snapchat was quickly taken up by high-school students to send NSFW photos as they would be quickly deleted after they were sent. It has now added a discover/news feed section http://www.dailydot.com/debug/history-of-social-media/

Vine

Jan 24, 2013

Acquired by Twitter in 2012, this social media platform allows users to post short 6-second videos. This is about the attention span of a human, as to why the videos might be so short. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/12/humans-have-shorter-attention-span-than-goldfish-thanks-to-smart/
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