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The First Social Media Account
Called SixDegrees.com, you could sign up for a profile page create connections and send messages within networks. Zach Easter -
Friendster
Originally a dating site, you could create a profile that included status updates and reveal your moods. You were able to message friends. Michael Shipp -
MySpace
Had customizable public profiles, were visible to anyone, and they were available to any registered users. Michael Shipp -
Twitter Hatches
Envisioned for sending updates to friends, but at first Twitter racked up quite a few SMS charges. Michael Shipp -
Youtube Makes Partners
Started off as 8 million views per day, but once they partnered up with Google, it grew to 100 million views per day. Michael Shipp -
The Hashtag
A symbol that helped political organizers and average citizens mobilize, promote, and create awareness for social issues. Zach Easter -
Introducing Instagram
Thanks to their founders, this gave the people the ability to post their pictures, and also add filters to all of them. Zach Easter -
Snapachat's disappearing act
This app would allow the user's to post the content of their life and the content would then disappear 24 hours after the post. Zach Easter -
Facebook Celebrates one Billion
Just 8 years after it's launch, owner Mark Zuckerberg celebrated his website surpassing 1 billion users. Michael Shipp -
Year of the Selfie
Due to Ellen's viral picture, this made 2014 the "Year of the Selfie" after her picture surpassed 3 million times. Zach Easter