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BBS
(Bulletin board system) Earliest known social media -
ICQ
Released by an Israeli company Mirabilis. Bought by AOL shortly after release. -
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The messenger era
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AOL Messenger
AOL's popular instant messenger that broke ground for social media. -
Yahoo! , and MSN messenger
quickly following AOL messenger into the game. -
Windows Messenger
The last true IM service. -
Myspace
Broke ground into what we today know as social media. -
Skype
The worlds first real foray into video calling. -
Facebook
The most widely used social media platform to date. -
Flickr
A image sharing website used by many to "dump" images that they wish to keep. -
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The Big dogs take the stage
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Youtube
Video sharing service that is still relevant due to the fact that the content is nearly unlimited. -
Twitter
Social media giant that is still massively popular. -
Tumblr
Miniblogging site -
Instagram
The most popular photo sharing site to date. -
Pintrest
Popular photo sharing site. -
Snapchat
Revolutionary photo-messaging system that has gone through a variety of changes since launch. -
Google+
googles first venture into creating its own social media outlet.
