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SixDegrees.com became the first social media site where uses could create list of connections and send messages to other users.
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Originally was planned to be a dating site. This site introduced status updates, the app also had a feature that showed friends people had in common.
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Myspace was a competitor of Friendster and quickly became the go to social media site. The site was popular with teens and allowed users to customize their profiles with photos, music, and videos.
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Facebook launched and achieved a million users within the same year.
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Youtube Launched in 2005 allowing users to create and share videos across the platform
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Twitter Launched in 2006 and was originally planned to be a text message based tool. Twitter allowed users to send quick updates, and became a groundbreaking platform.
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Youtube announced their partnership program. This allowed for popular content creators to profit off of their videos. This was achieved through the addition of ads on videos
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The use of hashtags on Twitter allowed it to set itself apart. The hashtag helped users bring light to social issues, and also could be used as a way to promote something.
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Tumblr was created by 17 year old David Karp. The site was a mash up of Twitter, Youtube, and WordPress. The site soon would be defined by micro-blogging
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Facebook is gaining more and more popularity. Farmville became the most popular game on the site, allowing users to invite each other to play the game
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The first social media site dedicated to dating was launched. The platform is most popular for hookup culture among gay men.
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Instagram launched allowing users to post photos, and use filter to edit their photos. The very first post was created on July 16, 2010
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Once called "Digital Crack for Women" the site was popular for viewing crafts, home items, and fashion
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Originally named Picaboo the app changed its name to Snapchat. The app found success by allowing users to create moments that vanish after 24 hours.
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Facebook Reaches 1 Billion users on the site.
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Facebook purchases Instagram for 1 Billion dollars
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Tinder launches becoming the most popular dating app
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2014 would become the year of the selfie. Ellen DeGeneres posted a selfie and it would have over 3 million retweets.
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Facebook was late to the streaming industry but used partnerships to help them with staying on top of the industry
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Instagram takes a page out of Snapchats book and adds stories to the social media platform that vanish after 24 hours.
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Social media sites were attacked with misinformation spread by Russian agents in an attempt to affect US elections.
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Twitter doubles the amount of character that can be used on a post from 140 to 280
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TikTok Launches becoming popular for users recreating dance routines and short videos
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Instagram created a new app to compete with Youtube, allowing users to create videos that are up to a hour in length instead of one minute.
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Clubhouse launches as an audio site for users to send real time audio messages to each other as well as join groups