Social Media Timeline
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(1996) The first social media site Six Degrees was created.
Six Degrees:
-The first recognizable social networking site
-allowed users to create profiles and friend lists.
-Website allowed you to share how closely you were connected to others.
-Became popular in 1997
- Was shut down in 2000(1999) Live Journal Launches
Live Journal:
- Sold to russian media company in 2007
-offered comment threads, friends lists, and groups to join.
-Still up to this day.(2003) Friendster Launches
Friendster:
-First modern social media site
-You could share messages, photos, videos, post threads, and make friends.
-First social media site to support Asian languages
-Reached over 115 million users
-Shutdown in 2015Linked in (2003)
Linked in:
-First social media developed with professional use and career connections in mind
-reached 1 million users in 2004 and 400 million in 2016
-Makes money through membership subscriptions
-Still widely used todayMy Space (2003)
Myspace:
-First social media to reach a global audience
-Surpassed google as the most visited site in 2006
-Gave music artists a large platform to share their work
-Had a large amount of user customization with user name changes, customizable profiles, and community building features
-Many features of the site have been abandoned and do not work in 2025Facebook Launches (2004)
Facebook:
-First, exclusive to college students.
-Had one million users by the end of 2004
-The platform went public in 2006
-Facebook raised ethical questions as user data was sold, making the platform very profitable.
-Facebook introduces the like button in 2009 creating a new addictive element to the platform.
-Facebook bought out Instagram in 2012
-Facebook bought out Oculus a popular virtual reality headset company in 2014
-Facebook renamed itself to Meta in 2021.Youtube Launches (2005)
Youtube:
-The first major video sharing platform
-Google bought the platform for 1.65 billion in 2006
-Introduced livestreaming as a feature in 2006
-Launched the partner program in 2007 for content creators popular enough to create a source of income from views.
-Allowed users to create customizable channels using their google accounts in 2009Twitter Launches (2006)
Twitter:
-First microblogging social media, adding hashtags.
-By March 2011, 140 million tweets had been posted
-Aquired vine in 2012
-doubled character limit to 280 in 2017
-10th most downloaded mobile app in 2019
-Bought by Elon Musk in 2022, renaming website to XInstagram (2010)
Instagram:
-A photosharing app that quickly gained popularity gaining 1 million users in the first month.
-Bought by facebook in 2012
-Added popular stories feature in 2016Snapchat (2011)
Snapchat:
-First social media to introduce stories format
-Was popular for its privacy deleting posts after reading them
-The company introduced snapchat+ a subscription in 2022 as they did not make any money from data.
-Introduces AI chat bot in 2023 named my AI.Vine (2012)
Vine:
-Twitter bought vine before they even launched integrating it into twitter.
-Introduced the popular 6-second video format or short-term content.
-Had over 200 million active users by 2015
-Shut down in 2017Ticktock (2016)
Ticktock:
-Merged with Musical.ly in 2018, allowing users to use popular songs
-Most downloaded app ever in 2022
-App owner was taken to court in 2024 following concerns over data collection and the china government.
-Over 1 billion users globally in 2025
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