Impact of social media on the "real world." By jefpeace Oct 19, 1969 Compuserve Dec 1, 1971 First email delivered Aug 1, 1978 First BBS Jan 1, 1980 USENET Launched Jan 1, 1984 Prodigy Launched Jan 1, 1985 AOL Launched Jan 1, 1992 Tripod Launched Jan 1, 1993 CERN donates www to the world Jan 1, 1994 Geocities Launches Dec 31, 1994 Earthlink Launched Jan 1, 1997 SixDegrees.com introduces blogging, profiles and friends lists Dec 31, 1997 AOL introduces instant messaging Jan 1, 1998 Google launches Jan 1, 2001 Wikipedia Launches Sep 19, 2015 Generation Like Generation Like is a video about the power of "like" on FaceBook.