Social Media From It's Origins

BBS (Bulletin Board system)

Jan 26, 1978

First site with login option for interaction. Developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess.

Compuserve

Jan 26, 1980

The first chat room

Live Journal

Jan 26, 1999

First to introduce dynamic content on blogs

Wikipedia

Jan 26, 2001

The online free encyclopedia was launched.

LinkedIn

Jan 26, 2003

A networking resource for business people who want to connect with other business professionals. (Today linkedIn has more than 297 million members)

Facebook

Jan 26, 2004

Launched at the time only for Harvard students

YouTube

Jan 26, 2005

The first organized video sharing and video streaming platform

Twitter

Jan 26, 2006

Microblogging