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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. -
Was a computer server which allowed users to upload and download data, read news stories, and share messages while also chatting back and forth. -
System created to allow users to connect with former classmates, coworkers, and military service men and women. It was founded by Randy Conrads -
originally called (Stajlplejs) was a Swedish social networking site for teens. Created by Rickard Eriksson as Europe's first online community. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Was a free service offered by Yahoo. The site allowed access to webcam hosting as well as chat rooms. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.