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Social media. How many social media websites and services have there been?

  • CompuServe was the first major commercial Internet service

    CompuServe was the first major commercial Internet service
    CompuServe was the first major commercial Internet service provider for the public in the United States. Using a technology known then as dial-up, it dominated the field through the 1980s and remained a major player until the mid-1990s.
    (source-http://www2.uncp.edu/)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/14)
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  • The first email transmission was sent in 1971.

    The first email transmission was sent in 1971.
    The first email transmission was sent in 1971. Ray Tomlinson, the engineer behind ARPANET's email system and the man who came up with using the @ sign for email, said that the first email he sent was something insignificant. The actual contents of the first email were "entirely forgettable" and most likely something akin to "QWERTYUIOP"
    (source- http://www.omg-facts.com/)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/140
    (Author- Jasmine, N0
  • Two Chicago computer hobbyists invented the bulletin board

    Two Chicago computer hobbyists invented the bulletin board system (BBS) to inform friends of meetings, make announcements and share information through postings. It was the rudimentary beginning of a small virtual community. Trolling and flame wars began.
    (source-http://www2.uncp.edu/)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/14)
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  • CERN donated the WWW technology to the world.

    Students at NCSA (National Centre for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) displayed the first graphical browser, Mosaic, and Web pages as we know them today were born. More than 200 Web servers were online.
    (source-http://www2.uncp.edu/)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/14)
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  • The Web had one million sites.

    The Web had one million sites.
    The Web had one million sites. Blogging begins. SixDegrees.com lets users create profiles and list friends. AOL Instant Messenger lets users chat. Blackboard is founded as an online course management system for educators and learners.
    (source-http://www2.uncp.edu/)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/14)
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  • Facebook created

    Facebook created
    Mark Zuckerburg launched "The Facebook", as it was originally; the name taken from the sheets of paper distributed to freshmen, profiling students and staff. Within 24 hours, 1,200 Harvard students signed up, and after one month, over half of the ungraduate population had a profile.
    (Source-The Guardian)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/14)
    (Author-Sarah Philips)
  • Twitter was created

    Twitter was created
    Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass and by July 2006, the site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with 500 million registered users in 2012, who posted 340 million tweets per day. Twitter is now one of the ten most-visited websites, and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet.
    (Source-Wikipedia)
    (Date I found this info- 23/03/14)
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  • Instagram was created

    Instagram was created
    Instagram was launched in 2010, the number of daily users is 75million (last checked-12/12/13). The total number of photos shared is 16 billion (last checked on 6/3/14).

    (source-http://expandedramblings.com/)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/14)
    (Author-Craig Smith)
  • Poll taken in 2012

    In early 2012 it showed that:
    58% Any social network
    56% Facebook
    14% Linkedin
    11% Twitter
    9% Google+
    (Source-www.Statisticbrain.com)
    (Date I found this info-23/03/14)
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  • 73% of U.S. adults use social networks.

     73% of U.S. adults use social networks.
    According to Pew Research Centre, 73% of U.S. adults use social networks. The number of people on multiple networks is now at 42%. Facebook is the world’s largest social network with 1.19B users (71% of U.S. adults are on Facebook).
    (source-http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/)
    (Date found-23/03/14)
    (Author-Ingrid Lunden)
  • Top 15 Social media sites

    Top 15 Social media sites
    The most popular Social media sites are:
    1) Facebook
    2) Twitter
    3) Linkedin
    4) Pinterest
    5) Google plus+
    6) Tumblr
    7)Instagram
    8)VK
    9)Flikr
    10) MySpace
    11)Tagged
    12)Ask.Fm
    13) Meet up
    14) Meetme
    15)Classmates