Africa

History Of Social Media

By Sontee Lee
  • Form of social media

    Form of social media

    The earliest forms of the Internet were developed in the 1960s.
  • First Email

    First Email

    The first email was sent between two computers sitting by each other.
  • Meeting and announcements

    Meeting and announcements

    Ward Christensen and Randy Suess invented the CBBS system to tell their friends about meetings and make announcements and share information.
  • Commercial

    Commercial

    Compuserve and Prodigy was the first to make the first commercial offering of news, weather, shopping, games, and more.
  • Six Degrees

    Six Degrees

    Six Degrees was created in 1997 it included lists of friends and family as well as school affiliation.