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First Social Media Website
SixDegrees.com. Used as a social networking profile. -
Friendster Launches
Social networking and dating website based on mutual friends and connections. -
Myspace Launches
Public social media profiles for teenagers. Featured music, videos, and photos. -
Facemash Launches
Original Facebook forum -
LinkedIn Launches
Social networking site targeting businesses and professionals. -
Skype Launches
Social media profile allowing its users to instant message, and audio/video chat from different locations around the world. -
The Facebook
Evolved from the previous: "Facemash" (2003) -
Flickr Launches
Website that hosts images and videos. Can be used later as embedded images and videos for blogging sites. -
Facebook
Registered its millionth user and dropped "the" from its name. -
YouTube Launches
Website for audio and video sharing. Commonly used for music, tutorials, or movies. -
Twitter Launches
Social media profile that allows its users to "tweet" 140 character messages, or media. Users also able to interact with other profiles by retweeting, liking, and responding to others. -
Tumblr Launches
Website that allowed its users to curate images, videos, gifs, and text. Could also interact with other users by "reblogging" their content. Helped spark the term "mico-blogging" -
Creation of Hashtags
Originally used primarily on twitter. It is a symbol used by content creators and organizations to promote awareness to social issues. -
Foursquare Launches
A location based, social networking website that allows its users to "check-in" their locations. -
Grindr Lauches
First location-based networking/dating app created for homo/bisexual men. -
Unicode Adopts the Emoji
This event has legitimatized emojis as a form of language, -
Pinterest Launches
Social bookmarking website. Allows its users to create "boards" and fill them with "pinned" items or projects. Commonly used for DIYs, crafts, home improvement, and various other projects. -
Instagram Launches
Social networking app that allows users to share their photos and videos. -
Quora Launches
Question and answer forum. -
Snapchat Launches
Social networking app that allows its users to share photos and (later on) brief videos. -
Tinder Launches
Location-based social dating profiles for men and women. -
Vine Launches
Social media and video sharing service that was purchased by Twitter. -
Facebook LIVE
Facebook launches live streaming for its users. -
Instagram Stories
Instagram launches "stories". This gives users the option to post a photo/video sequences that last for 24 hours. -
Twitter Expands Character Limit
Twitter doubles the number of characters (to 280) allowed per Tweet. -
TikTok Launches
Video sharing and social media networking app.