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usenet 1979
The first proto-social media sites are created by uploading stories to news groups. Introducing the concept of fast, digital sharing of information. We can glean from this information that the medium of social media, in its most simplistic form, actually predates the World Wide Web. -
internet language 1996
Multi user messaging systems leads to the development of internet language. To include emoticons and abbreviations such as LOL and BRB. These short hands grew out of the usenet slang and became more widely used and accepted with the advent of the World Wide Web. -
the first modern social media site 2002
Friendster becomes the first modern social media website where the primary purpose of the medium being to maintain and expand personal and professional networks. A model that would be replicated by myspace, facebook, Twitter ect.
