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In the year 1997, 6 Degrees was launched as the first recognizable social media website where people could create a profile and upload more than just e-mail messages to share. For a time, it was one of the hottest things on the Internet, but like many things having to do with electronic technology, it became outdated and was replaced in a short amount of time.
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With the end of an era comes a new beginning. Social media based on modern electronic technology began in the 1990's before exploding into what it is today, just two decades later.
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By the time the 21st Century rolled in, new sites came to challenge the stand that 6 Degrees had enjoyed for only a few years. Two of these were LinkedIn and MySpace, which are still well known and commonly used today. By 2005, however, an unprecedented advancement in the realm of Internet-based content sharing would finally render the hot 6 Degrees site cold and obsolete.
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With the evolution of Internet 2.0 came a significant increase in the amount and types of content people could share online. First Photobucket and Flickr allow people to share photos, then YouTube allows people to upload a virtually unending library of homemade videos. The future is now, and will continue to be for a while.
