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