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On one of the first true social media sites, SixDegrees.com, you could set up a profile page, create lists of connections, and send messages within networks.
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SixDegrees.com shuts down 2 years after being purchased by youthstream media networks
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Windows Messenger is released, and is shipped with Windows XP. This is an integrated version of MSN Messenger
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Social networking and gaming site Friendster launches. The service would be popular in Asia and the Pacific Islands.
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Social networking website Hi5 launches.
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Also in 2003 MySpace launches
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Mark Zuckerberg launches "facemash" a Harvard university hot or not comparison game
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"Facemash" gets a name change to "The Facebook" while registering it's one million user -
"The Facebook" gets a name change to just face book after purchasing the domain for $200,000 -
YouTube in 2005
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Twitter started to take off -
17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom in his mother’s New York apartment. -
Hash tagging started to become a thing and twitter would become known for #'s
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Unicode adopted the emoji in 2010. The move was the beginning of emojis being legitimized as a language
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The famous photo sharing app "instagram" launched
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Pinterest started to gain more traction -
SnapChat (originally named picaboo" launched -
Just eight years after launching in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room, Facebook announced its user base had reached a significant milestone
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Instant messaging and video/voice calling service Google Hangouts launches -
Musical.iy a lip-syncing app, launches -
a live video sharing app, launches shortly after being acquired by Twitter -
a video editing app, is converted into a social networking service by allowing users to follow each other and share their videos publicly.
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a short video sharing and social media service, launches. -
Google+ shuts down in April 2019 due to low user engagement and an API flaw
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an audio-chat social networking app, launches.
