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Wikipedia a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit launches.
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Friendster, considered the granddaddy of social networks, launches.
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Wordpress a publishing platform that hosts blogs is released.
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A way to send mail to other user
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Facebook a social networking service which began at Harvard expands to other universities
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DIGG, a social news website, goes live.
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Facebook has 1 millon subscriber
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Youtube, a video-sharing website, goes live.
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Facebook becomes available in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Twitter, a website for mini-blogging and social networking, begins.
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Facebook launches its news feed feature to a mixed reaction. Users are not used to their every move being tracked in one general stream.
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The App store opens via iTunes.
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When Michael Jackson dies, Twitter servers crash after users send 100,000 tweets per hour.
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Wordpress reaches 202 million users.
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Lady Gaga becomes the first living person to have 10 million friends on Facebook. She is second overall only to Michael Jackson who has 14 million friends.
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Lady Gaga becomes the first person to receive one billion overall views on YouTube.
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An Egyptian baby is named Facebook to honor the role that social media played in Egypt's revolution.
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StumbleUpon surpasses Facebook as the site that delivers more than half of all U.S. social media traffic.
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