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An early form of social media. Allows for online interactions -
First online chatroom -
Bulletin Board System that allows people to exchange email in North America and later internationally -
Bolt was the first social networking and video website -
One of the first true social media sites where you could set up a profile page and get connectione -
first social blogging network. Invented reader comments and friends-only -
Purchased by YouthStream Media Network for $125 million -
two incredibly popular instant messaging services -
website where people rated others based on an image and decided if the person was hot or not -
The social media site is shut down -
Social Networking and gaming website became really popular in Asia and the Pacific Islands -
Business-oriented networking services -
Website quickly became the go-to site for millions of teens to connect reaching 25 million users in 2005 -
The most popular social networking service to date -
Image and video hosting website launches. Many use it to keep personal photos -
Video sharing website launches. start of internet celebrities. -
One of the most popular social networking sites worldwide. very popular in Brazil and India -
symbol that has sparked movements like BLM and MeToo as well as trends like YOLO appears -
Social networking website in China. Launched the same year that Facebook and Twitter were banned in the country -
A popular game where friends and family could invite to join farmville -
Photo/video-sharing and social media service launches -
Facebook negotiates a price of $38 for a share valuing the company at $104 billion -
Friendster shuts down due to the evolving landscape in the industry and lack of engagement -
Yahoo! discontinues services for windows, Mac, Linux. Only support Messenger on Android, IOS, and web clients -
Begins trading on New York Stock Exchange. the company valued at $33 billion