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considered one of the first social networking sites. Users can create profiles and connect with friends. -
Friendster is founded by jonathan abrams, popularizing the concept of social networking in Asia and eventually reaching tens of millions of users worldwide. -
founded by Reid Hoffman focusing on professional networking and connecting users with potential employers and colleagues. -
founded by Mark Zuckerberg, initially as a social networking platform for Harvard University students. It later expands to other universities and eventually to the general public. -
Founded by Steve Chen YouTube is founded, allowing users to share and discover videos online. -
Founded by Jack Dorsey. Twitter is launched, enabling users to share short messages (tweets) with their followers. -
Tumblr is founded by David Karp, offering a microblogging and social networking platform. -
Founded by Kevin Systrom. Instagram is launched, focusing on photo-sharing and eventually expanding to include video-sharing. -
Founded by Evan Spiegel Snapchat is launched, introducing the concept of disappearing messages and multimedia content. -
founded by Zhang yiming TikTok is launched, initially as Douyin in China, and later expanding globally to become a popular platform for short-form video content.