Timeline of Social Networks

By johsua

  • First site with login for interaction

  • First online chat

  • File and link sharing in online chats

  • Emoticons and abbreviations become popular

  • First social network is created (Six Degrees)

  • Ability to add friends is added

  • Popular social media launches (Friendster)

  • Photo sharing and friend groups introduced

  • Private messaging and public posts on profiles are introduced with Myspace

  • Facebook is created for one university

  • New photo sharing platform (Flickr)

  • New video sharing platform (YouTube)

  • New popular social media is introduced (Reddit)

  • Facebook becomes most popular social network

  • New popular social media is introduced (Twitter)

  • New popular social media is introduced (Tumblr)

  • New popular social media is introduced (Snapchat)

  • New platform for sharing short videos (Vine)

  • Vine closes