A Brief History of Social Networking By saintsgirl Feb 16, 1978 First Published Dial-Up BBS created by Ward Christensen Jan 29, 1983 AOL, or "the Internet before the Internet" was created. Members could create profiles, communicate, and chat in chat rooms. Oct 23, 1989 CompuServe allowed members to share files, view news, email, and utilize chat rooms Jan 23, 1994 Yahoo created and available to the public Jan 1, 1997 SIXDEGREES Nov 1, 1997 Asianavenue.com created Jan 23, 2003 MySpace created Mar 7, 2003 Friendster created May 23, 2003 LinkedIn created as professional social networking site Oct 28, 2003 Facemash, the predecessor to Facebook, created Feb 4, 2004 FACEBOOK founded as a college site for social networking Feb 10, 2006 JAIKU, an Asian counterpart to Twitter Mar 21, 2006 Twitter Oct 23, 2010 Classmates.com is created to reunite old high school friends
