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The Birth of Social Media SixDegrees.com
Connects users based on interest and the belief that " you are only six degrees away from each other ( bought December of 2000) -
Hot or Not ?/ Chat and date/ Badoo
Online dating site that allows you to rate the attractiveness of photos that were uploaded by other groups of people. -
Friendster
It was supposed to be a dating site where you can help your friends connect with your friends on the app and create status updates -
MySpace
Social networking site That influenced pop music culture , you tube and it competitors were Friendster.
Myspace Ended June, 2009 -
Face mash/ Facebook
A format fro college age students to get in touch with one another and it also include the like and post culture, that's trending for most other social media platforms -
Twitter
Quick and frequent messages that are sent to friends through a quick exchange through video, posts, and links -
LinkedIn
A job searching site that helps business professionals and employers find a person at the ready -
Youtube
Online sharing social media platform mostly using videos as their source for attracting people -
Tumblr
Short blogging that can be shared from person to person and mainly 18-29 year old use -
Hashtag Created
Micro blogging and photo sharing with themes and can also be used to throw jabs or to symbolize key words -
Weibo
micro-blogging website that offers trends and services of certain products such as campaigns and ads -
Farm Ville
A video game that has you manage a farm through livestock harvesting and growing crops and plowing land -
Four Square
Location awareness app helps businesses understand their customers better and connect with their target audiences -
Grindr
An app geared towards the LGBTQ community to find relationship partners and or hookups -
Emoji
Expressions made through text that can show ones emotion -
Instagram
Selfie and photogenic culture that can also help you connect with different businesses through DMs -
Pinterest
Image sharing site that saves and discovers information on the internet using images on a smaller scale -
Jan. 25th protests for Tahrir
Protests against Mubarak regime in Egypt protesters were fighting against poverty, political repression and corruption -
Snapchat
Photogenic filter platform that can make all of your photos "disappear" in one day -
Google plus
The linking of google products to make their platform easily accessible to their consumers mean while challenging competitors -
Selfies
Say Cheese ! the act of snapping a shot of yourself -
Meerkat, periscope
Streaming live applications -
Fake news crisis
New that is over exaggerated,misinformed, news that can be cited wrong -
Twitter Limits Characters
You can add more words/ texts to your post / content -
Zoom, webinars and virtual learning
online video platform that started up during the pandemic Covid-19 shut down