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First online chat room
This is the moment people started chatrooms about life and other problems in life -
Hacking
since the beginning of the internet hacking has been a problem but it became easier for hackers once everyone was able to start chatting on the internet -
Fidonet
First ways to exchange email -
Bolt.com
the first social networking and video website to launch -
sixdegrees.com
first social media website -
AOL
INSTANT MESSANGER. I had about 3 friends on here. I was also around age 10. -
Yahoo messenger
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1998
the first blog -
MSN messenger
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LiveJournal
blogging -
RIP sixdegrees.com
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Friendster
Social media and gaming site -
LinkedIn
Business social networking. How I'm getting a job after college... Hopefully. -
XING
europe launches a business social networking system -
MYSPACE
one of the most popular social media sites. Tom was my first friend. Also this is the platform that taught me some coding. -
skype
Video calls -
Facebook
the lovely platform that I only get on to see how my family is doing. It was originally used for college students but slowly transitioned. -
Reddit
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youtube
a video sharing service. I spend at least 10 hours a week on this wonderful platform. -
Tumblr
part blog part social network -
pinterest
user generated content. also a great place to find holiday recipes. -
instagram
the perfect platform to share pictures and videos. I will say that my instagram is pretty "lit". -
twitch
a popular place to share video game streams. @ninja -
Snapchat
basically like instagram but more private. -
tinder
a new dating app was established. swipe right on this idea. -
Vine
"oh dats vine?" a popular video sharing app. Favorite vine: "come get ya juice" breaks oven. -
Copyright and Fair Use
Well that is slowly going away... -
Terms of Service
We all click this without reading it. Its us allowing companies to use our info. -
Cyber bullying
A very serious issue that was just recently taken notice and action towards. -
RIP VINE
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SELLING OF INFO
Hello facebook. Facebook was recently under fire for selling users information