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Talkomatic
One of the first online chat rooms. It was created by Created by Dave Woolley. It provided users an opportunity to participate in an online community. -
Bulletin Board System (BBS)
Was a computer server which allowed users to upload and download data, read news stories, and share messages while also chatting back and forth. -
Classmates.com
System created to allow users to connect with former classmates, coworkers, and military service men and women. It was founded by Randy Conrads -
lunarStorm
originally called (Stajlplejs) was a Swedish social networking site for teens. Created by Rickard Eriksson as Europe's first online community. -
sixdegrees.com
Site started by Andrew Weinreich. It gave users the ability to add friends, family members, and close associates. It also allowed users to send messages and make bulletin board post. -
AOL instant messanger
America Online Instant messenger would allow users to send and receive messages. The site was one of the first to include profile pictures. The site once amassed over 53 million unique users. -
Open Diary
Was a website that allowed users to create an online diary which could be shared in an online community. The site was created by Bruce and Susan Ableson. -
Yahoo instant messenger
Was a free service offered by Yahoo. The site allowed access to webcam hosting as well as chat rooms. -
Hot or Not
This site was invented as a way to upload phots to have others rate your description on a scale of 1-10. It was created by James Hong and Jim Yong. -
Myspace
One of the first social networking sites to reach a worldwide audience. It allowed users to create a web profile where they could list their interest and post pictures. The site was created by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. -
Lindedin
Launched as a professional networking and career development site. It allowed users to seek jobs and post resumes. the company was founded by Reid Hoffman and others. -
Skype
Founded by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. The site allowed users to make voice calls at a reduced rate. It would also go on to allow users to make video calls. -
Flickr
Initially launched as site focused on chatrooms that allowed users to share photos in real-time. The site eventually became known as a site that host images that could be embedded on other social sites. -
Facebook
Initially created as a site to rate the appearance of others, Mark Zuckerberg the creator would shift his focus to allow college students a way to interact with each other. -
Twitter
Originally called (twttr) it was created by Jack Dorsey as a way users could contribute to the reporting of live events from their own perspective. -
Tumblr
Founded by David Karp the site allows users to post multimedia and other content to create a blog. The site also allows users to follow each other or make their blogs private. -
FriendFeed
Was a real-time social network feed aggregator. The site would consolidate updates from other social media sites and blogs in one place so the user could stay updated with their friends actions. -
Justin.tv
was a site created by Justin Kan and several others to allow users to broadcast video online. Users we allowed to broadcast to an unlimited number of users at no cost. And they could also watch broadcast without a subscription. -
Pinterest
Site created by Ben Silbermann, it is a image sharing and social media site made to help users discover information and ideas. As of February 2022 the site has over 430 million monthly users. -
Instagram
Launched as a photo-sharing site by its creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. It was originally known as Burbn after it became very popular. -
Quora
Is a popular site that allows users to ask and answer questions from other users. It was created by several former Facebook employees. The site averages around 300 million users a month. -
Google+
Launched as a social site that allows users to post photos, share status updates, and stream to other users. It also allows users to connect to a wider community and not just their friends. -
Twitch
Is a video live streaming service that primarily focuses on video game streaming, music broadcast, and real life streams. Twitch is a subsidiary of Amazon. -
Snapchat
A social networking site created as a multimedia instant messaging service. The unique feature of this site is that pictures and messages sent have only a short while before they are no longer visible to the recipients. The site was created by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy. -
Periscope
Was a live video streaming app for Android and IOS. It was developed by Joe Bernstein and eventually sold to Twitter. It was discontinued in 2021. -
TikTok
A mobile app that allows users to create short videos. Most users either sing or dance to share with a wide audience. The site allows the users to also use background music while also speeding up or slowing down their user created video. -
Cubhouse
It is a social media app created for Android and IOS. Users can communicate in voice chat rooms where an unlimited number of users can interact. The app was founded by Paul Davison and Rohan Seth and it gained popularity during the pandemic.