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Creation of Talkomatic
Created by Doug Brown and David Woolley, this became the first online chat room where you can communicate with just a small group of people. -
Popularity of Windows and MacOS
With the popularity of these two operating systems, social media would then be able to be easily accessed and would continue to be used today. -
Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) are brought into the social media world
BBS and IRC became very popular chat rooms, software databases, and also places where you can interact through games with someone else. IRC are still very popular today. -
AOL Instant Messenger is launched
AOL was a popular chat room in the 1990s and even into the 2000s. It grew fast and became the most popular chat system for years until other platforms became to take over. -
Six Degree Launched
Said to be the first ever social media site, Six Degree started off huge with over a million users but then slowly declined and was bought in 2000 by YouthStream Media -
Napster legal issues
The famous music file downloading site Napster was officially shut down after allowing illegally downloads of thousands of music and video files ever since their platform began. -
MySpace launches
One of the most popular social media sites ever. Sharing thoughts, videos, music, and also ranking your top 8 friends. It brought celebs and also launched many music careers. -
Facebook Launched
With a slow beginning, Facebook became the most popular social media site known to date. Adding 100 million users in just 5 years, facebook doesn't seem to be going anywhere soon. -
YouTube Launchd
Becoming the most popular video sharing site of all time, YouTube has brought careers of Justin Bieber and many famous bloggers over the past 13 years. -
Instagram Launched
The Photo and now video sharing social media site launched and was an instant favorite and is continuing to grow. -
Twitter Launches
Twitter quickly became one of the most popular social media sites and has been growing ever since. Specializing in microblogging with only 140 Characters per message. -
Snapchat launches
like instagram, Snapchat is also a photo sharing and social media website, but its known to be quicker, and a faster way of interacting with others and is also becoming a very popular source for news as well.
