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Talkomatic
The first ever multiple person online chat room is developed by Dave Wooley in 1973 -
Bulletin Board System
Bulletin Board System or BBS becomes popular as one of the earliest successful forms of social media -
LunarStorm Launch
Swedish Social networking application is launched and describe as the first social media on the internet -
SixDegrees Launch
Considered one of the first real social media sites allowing profile pages connections and messaging. -
Yahoo! Messenger launch
An instant messaging hit launches -
Friendster
One of the first online dating sites for friends of friends to get together and message one another. -
Myspace Launch
Rival to Friendster that allowed users the ability to customize their public profiles and create their own content on said profiles. -
Skype Launch
The first VoIP video/calling service launches -
Linkedin Launch
The first business oriented social networking program to launch -
Facebook Launches
The most popular social networking service to exist, little needed introduction. -
Youtube Launch
One of the worlds first video sharing software developed. -
Linkedin Premium
The first social media site to offer a premium subscription service a industry standard practice now. -
Twitter Launch
Still one of the most popular social media and news site to date launches. -
Tumblr Launch
Immensely popular microblogging social networking website launches -
Justin.tv Launches
The first video livestreaming website available to the public. -
Instagram Launches
Media behemoth begins as a photo and video sharing social networking app -
Snapchat Launches
Popular messaging and photo/video sharing app launches -
Facebook Goes Public
Facebook stock launches publicly valuing the company at 104 billion dollars the largest valuation of a newly public company ever. -
Vine Launch
One of the first sites to prioritize short form content launches under Twitter. -
Musica.ly Launches
Lipsyncing social media site launches providing framework for later sites -
Friendster Defunct
One of the first social media titans fall to more powerful sites in the industry. -
Yahoo! ends service
Yahoo! ends services on many platforms only allowing for Android IOS and Web clients -
Snapchat goes public
Snapchat begins trading on the stock exchange giving the company a valuation of 33 Billion. -
Tiktok Launch
Tiktok launches gaining instant popular as a short from content sharing site. -
Musical.ly Migrates
Musically shuts down and migrating users to social media giant Tiktok -
Twitter Acquisition
Twitter is acquired by businessman Elon Musk
