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SixDegrees is created, which is said to be the first social media website ever made. It follows the "web of contacts" model of social networking.
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AOL the first "instant" messaging website is created.
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Yahoo! messenger, a popular instant messaging platform, is released.
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MSN Messenger (also known as Windows Live Messenger), a popular messaging, video and voice calling service, launches
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Habbo, the first game based social networking platform is launched.
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Business related social media and job finding website LinkedIn is launched.
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MySpace - one of the most popular social media websites of all time, is released.
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Skype, the most popular instant video communication tool of all time, is released.
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Facebook, still to this day the most popular social networking site in the world, is released.
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Youtube, the largest video sharing website of all time, launches
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Twitter, one of the current most popular social network in the world, launches.
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Tumblr, an image sharing and microblogging service is released.
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Instagram, a photo and video sharing medium, is released.
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Snapchat, an instant photo/video sharing service is launched.
