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Usenet was a project by Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott Jim Ellis to share messages between computers using UUCP protocol, with the first exchange in 1980 and growth into the 1980s through university networks. A surge in commericial home users in the 90s. -
Official launch with the first public exchange of messages between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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The company begins as Control Video Corporation (CVC), a service for the Atari 2600 that let users download games over phone lines. -
The standardization of its structure through the Great Renaming.
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Tim Berners-Lee made his famous announcement for the Worldwide Web on the Usenet newsgroup alt.hypertext, a crucial step in the creation of the modern internet.
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In a move to strengthen its position against Microsoft, AOL buys Netscape Communications for $4.2 billion.
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MySpace is launched by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, employees of eUniverse. During the mid-2000s after a shift in ownership, MySpace experienced a decline from its former glory. -
Friendster was one of the first social networks to achieve mass-market success gaining 3 million users within its first few months.
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Rapid vital growth. -
Groundbreaking social network launched by Jonathan Abrams, rapidly grew to millions of users but ultimately declined due to slow updates and overwhelming server issues, paving the way for competitors like MySpace and Facebook. -
The creation begins with Mark Zukerberg and his fellow co-founders writing "Thefacebook." This was to be a social networking site for Harvard students to create profiles and connect with each other. -
YouTube's domain, logo, and trademark were registered by founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim.The first video, "Me at the Zoo," was uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim. YouTube launched its beta version to the public. The first video to reach one million views was uploaded. YouTube officially launced out of beta. -
MySpae became the most visited website globally, surpassing google.
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A deal stuck with NBC. -
Google acquired YouTube. -
In San Fransico, CA, U.S. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams and Launched. -
Hashtags are first proposed for use on Twitter. -
Twitter became a breakout app and saw a huge spike in usage. The platform grew rapidly for here.
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Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger launched the first version of Instagram. -
Friendster rebranded from a social networking service into a social entertainment and gaming platform.
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Snapchat "My Story" -
Facebook reaches a billion active users. -
Attained 300 million users and added five new filter types.
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A viral social media campaign to raise funds for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and awareness for various charities, including local cancer research. -
Facebook updates the algorithm to de-prioritize headlines it sees as click bait. -
Over 1.2 million challenge videos have been posted on Facebook since June 1. -
The platform expands beyond the square image format.
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TikTok was launched as the international version of the Chinese app Douyin by ByteDance. -
Instagram Stories -
Facebook Stories -
Facebook Stories were an innovation that introduced ephemeral content- short-lived photos and videos disappearing after 24 hrs- to the platform, shifting focus from highlight reels to showcasing "as it happens" moments. -
YouTube Stories -
The international version, known as TikTok, was released worldwide after ByteDance merged it with the popular lip-sync app Musical.ly. -
Musk begins buying shares of Twitter and becomes its largest shareholder. -
Elon acquired Twitter for $44 billion. Upon taking control, Musk initiated significant changes, including mass layoffs, the firing of executives, and a shift in the company's focus. The company was subsequently rebranded as X. -
TIKTOC Stories -
Musk tweets that the deal is "temporary on hold" due to concerns about fake accounts. -
Offically rebranded as X, the announcement was made by Elon Musk, and the change was implemented rapidly, with the iconic blue bird logo being replaced by the new "X" logo within days and the domain name x.com beginning to redirect too the old twitter.com domain. -
Insta. removes the option for users to follow #'s, shifting focus on SEO-friendly captions for content discovery. -
Facebook rebrands "News Feed" to "Feed" to reflect the diversity of content users. -
The system continued to evolve, with the Google Groups initiative in 2004 archiving millions of articles, while UsenetServer and other services maintain it decentrialized model to this day.
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The site quickly expanded to other colleges and universities, reaching over a million users by the end of 2004 before becoming the global platform known as facebook today. -
After more than 3 decades, AOL officially ended its dial-up internal service.