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Widely considered the first true social media. Add friends and create profile pictures.
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Friendster predates Facebook as a site for meeting new people and connecting and growing their network.
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Myspace gains popularity quickly but is soon taken over by Facebook as the most used social media site.
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Facebook, which will grow to be the largest social media networking site in the world, is launched. ONly available to students at Harvard. Now has 1.23 billion users.
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YouTube is launched as the first video sharing platform.
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Twitter struggles to gain popularity. Eventually becomes used more by younger adults and teenagers as adults more often begin to join Facebook.
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YouTube is purchased for 1.65 billion. Is acquired by Google.
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Yahoo offer Facebook one-billion dollars for its acquisition, Favebook declines.
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Instagram launches sometime in October 2010. First photo sharing site to become widely popular.
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In this date Snapchat is born. The photo sending app becomes wildly popular and continues to grow in use
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On this date Facebook went public on the NYSE. Other sites would soon follow suit.
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On this date Facebook went public on the NYSE. Other social media sites would soon follow suit.
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Tinder is released, quickly becomes the most popular dating app for young people. Helps revolutionize the way people meet.