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Social Media Timeline

By AWalker18

  • TCP & IP

    TCP & IP
    Birth of the modern internet

  • AOL, CompuServe, & Prodigy

    AOL, CompuServe, & Prodigy
    Early internet services that introduced chat rooms and email-based communities

  • Internet Relay Chat

    Internet Relay Chat
    Real time text communication

  • Social Networking

    Social Networking
    SixDegrees.com was the first social networking platform, allowing people to connect with others.

  • Web 2.0

    Web 2.0
    shift from static websites to interactive content, creating more platforms

  • Rise of the Mobile devices

    Rise of the Mobile devices
    rise of smartphones. Introduced mobile experiences.

  • AJAX

    AJAX
    Seamless page updates

  • Facebook New's Feed

    Facebook New's Feed
    Introduced algorithms to the internet.

  • AI

    AI
    AI introduced to social media platforms

  • Social Commerce

    Social Commerce
    Able to buy directly from social media platforms.

  • Generative AI

    Generative AI
    AI is now publicly available.