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The History of Social Media

  • MySpace

    MySpace
    MySpace launches. It had more than 75 million visitors per month in 2008.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Facebook launches. In the begining it was only open to Harvard students.
  • Twitter

    Twitter
    Twitter launches. Tweets are limited to 140 charcters each.
  • Facebook Changes

    Facebook Changes
    Facebook changes its terms.
  • Facebook Membership

    Facebook Membership
    Facebook membership hits 350 million. Climbs to 400 million in February 2010 and half a billion users five months later, surpassing Google’s weekly web traffic in March 2010.
  • FTC

    FTC
    Revised FTC “Guides concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials” go into effect impacting both endorsers and advertisers.
  • Facebook Membrship

    Facebook Membrship
    Facebook membership hits 350 million. Climbs to 400 million in February 2010 and half a billion users five months later, surpassing Google’s weekly web traffic in March 2010.
  • MySpace, Facebook, and Other Social Networks

    MySpace, Facebook, and Other Social Networks
    It is revealed that MySpace, Facebook, and other social networks are sending user names and IDs to advertisers along with user URL data.
  • Facebook

    Facebook
    Facebook is valued at $50 billion.
  • Starbucks

    Starbucks
    Starbucks passses 20 million “Likes” on Facebook.
  • LinkedIn

    LinkedIn
    LinkedIn goes IPO.
  • LinkedIn

    LinkedIn
    LinkedIn climbs to #2 in the U.S. for total monthly unique visitors.
  • Twitter

    Twitter
    Twitter celebrates its five year birthday, the social media giant delivers 350,000,000,000 Tweets per day.
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