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WWW Invented
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist invents the World Wide Web. -
WWW Made Public
Berners-Lee posted a short summary of the World Wide Web and it was made public. -
Sixdegrees is Launched
The first social media site, Sixdegrees is launched. -
Blogging and Instant Messaging Become Popular
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Sixdegrees Shut Down, Wikipedia is Born
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Friendster and LinkedIn are Born
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Photobucket is Launched
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Myspace is Launched
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Skype is Launched
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Facebook is Created
At this point, it is only for Harvard students -
Reddit and Youtube are Created
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MySpace Reaches 22 Million Users
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Twitter is Launched
Today it has over 5 Million Users -
Youtube is Bought by Google
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Facebook is Released to the Public
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The Hashtag (#) Debuts on Twitter
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Spotify Goes Live
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Facebook Introduces the "Like" Button
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Facebook Passes MySpace in User Count
This is the first time this happened, and it began the downfall of MySpace -
Instagram and Pinterest are Launched
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Snapchat is Released
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Facebook Reaches 1 Million Users
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Vine is Launched
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MySpace Relaunches
MySpace attempted to relaunch with a new website and app, using Justin Timberlake as a spokes model. It was not an effective campaign. -
Instagram Reaches 200 Million Active Users
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Friendster Shuts Down
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Snapchat Reaches 100 Million Active Users
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Vine Dies
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Facebook Stock Plummets
It was revealed that Cambridge Analytica was harvesting user data without consent -
Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress