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The first email was sent and the trend has grown and still is growing in 2013
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In Chicago two computer hobbyists invented the BBS (Bulleting board system) where a small virtual community began to form
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The first blogging site goes up
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This is one of the first social networking sites that allows users to create a profile and have a friends list
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This social networking site was one of the first sites that enabled users to actually chat via keyboard to each other
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Google was born brining with it its giant search engine
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My space was released onto the internet and quickly gained thousands of users!
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LinkedIn was launched as more of the professional side of social networking where business could interact with each other online
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Facebook was released and became a huge hit and is considered one of the most used sites today!
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Twitter was released allowing users to "follow" other users "Tweets" Which were 140 charachter messages
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Youtube allowed users to create, upload, view and comment on videos no matter where the video was made
