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Launch of Talkomatic
Talkomatic launched and introduced the idea of a multiuser chat room that introduced real-time text communication among a small group of people. -
Launch of USENET
USENET was launched and introduced discussion in a closed group network. USENET allowed for the posting and receiving of messages within subject areas called newsgroups. -
Launch of SixDegrees.com
SixDegrees.com, coined to be the first true social media site was launched. The platform introduced new features such as profile creation, friends lists, and a private messaging system to send messages within your network. -
The First for Social Blogging
Open Diary launches the first social blogging network, inventing the reader comments and friends-only content. -
Introduction of LiveJournal
LiveJournal, an early blogging platform, was introduced by Brad Fitzpatrick to keep his high school friends up to date with his life activities. It became a platform for users to keep a blog, journal, or diary of their events to share. -
Launch of Friendster
Friendster was launched and was originally intended to help users both connect and reconnect with friends and help them find a date. This platform gathered traction quickly and reached millions of users by the end of 2002. -
Launch of MySpace
MySpace stood out among previous platforms because it was the first social network to reach a global audience. The website became the most popular social network from 2005 to 2008. -
LinkedIn
The concept behind LinkedIn was to establish what would become the first networking sites on the internet focused on business.You may use it to help you locate the ideal internship or job, build connections with other business professionals, and acquire the skills you need to be successful in the workplace. -
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook originally for Harvard students to give them access to an online collection of faces so they can communicate and exchange knowledge. Later, it eventually became a network for anyone in the world to use to share their own photos and intimate details about their lives. -
Launch of Reddit
Reddit was launched as a news-sharing platform and became a news aggregation and social commentary platform. -
Launch of YouTube
YouTube an online video-sharing platform was produced, the original idea was with the concept of online dating services. The platform transformed with the idea of giving users the ability to upload videos, view, share, like, and comment on them. -
The Start of Microblogging
Twitter was founded and redefined online communication. With the intent of introducing microblogging with short messages to quickly share to the world. -
Tumblr
Tumblr was invented more-so as a microblogging social networking app. Bloggers are able to share their thoughts and passions using text, images, quotes, links, audio, and video content. Oftentimes, the blogs are brief and feature images rather than extensive written content. -
Whatsapp
Whatsapp was invented by Brian Acton and Jan Koum in 2009. It eventually evolved into a chat app, despite its original purpose of tracking users' work statuses and informing their contacts of their availability.It now allows audio calls in addition to sharing and receiving a range of material, including text, images, videos, documents, and locations. -
Pinterest
Ben Silbermann, the app's founder, stated that the main objective of the platform, which lets users "pin" images from the internet into personalized "boards". It is to motivate users to go offline and inspire the audience to go out and try new things essentially. -
Founding of Snapchat
Snapchat was founded as a video-sharing platform and introduced the concept of “disappearing” stories and short videos. -
Twitch
Twitch was founded in 2011 by Justin Kan. Twitch is a live-streaming platform that specializes in live-streaming video games, especially esports events. It also provides music and original material. -
Instagram Acquisition
Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares. Purchasing Instagram is considered the best tech acquisition of all time, and continued and secured Facebook’s dominance in social media. -
Vine
This platform was invented for individuals to record, view, and distribute looping six-second videos using the site. This became such a hit creating up to 10-second videos. -
Launch of Musical.ly
Musical.ly launched and was intended to be an educational network that transformed to involve creating and sharing short video-based content. -
Founding of TikTok
TikTok was founded by a Chinese tech company named ByteDance, the platform promoted short video-sharing. -
YouTube Hits New Levels
Youtube accumulated more than 400 hours of content uploaded each minute, and one billion hours of content being watched on the platform every day. -
Musical.ly and TikTok Merge
Musical.ly merged with ByteDance and increased the popularity of TikTok worldwide. -
BeReal
BeReal is a social media app that focuses on authenticity by showcasing life in it's real form. Users are dared to give their friends an uncensored look into their daily life by posting a photo inside a randomly selected two-minute window every day. -
Twitter becoming X
Part of the reason behind Twitter's sudden rebranding is Musk's desire for the letter X, which has appeared frequently in his work. Elon Musk claims that the name Twitter didn't make sense anymore due to its multifunctional platform.