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Six Degrees
Six Degrees is considered by many to be the first networking site. You could had your own profile and you could have a friends list which is what many social media networks use today. -
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
With AIM you could message people instantly, and also use emoticons which were basically emojis. AIM also included a list of friends. -
Napster
Napster was were people could go to share mp3 music files. Napster had gotten into legal troubles over copyright controversy and leadked music, which is why a lot of social media platforms are strict when it comes to copy wrights. -
Linkedin
Likedin is a social media platform designed for business professionals. Employers can look for job candidates on linked and view their resumes and work history. It can also help you connect with peers on a business level instead of just for fun. It is really popular here at The University of Akron. -
MySpace
On MySpace you could add friends and message them. The best thing about MySpace was that you could personalize your page with colorful backgrounds and add music to it. You could upload pictures and videos to your page for your friends to like and comment on it. -
Facebook
One of the most popular social media networks, Facebook has stayed in the game so long by constantly changing with the times. On Facebook you could have a friends list and a profile, upload pictures and videos and also share them. On Facebook people can make a "status" where users can write about anything they wanted to as long as it didn't go against Facebook's term and conditions. You can also personalize your profile with very specific information about your life. -
YouTube
On YouTube you can upload, comment, like and dislike, a video of any length. People can subscribe to your channel if you upload content often. People now go to YouTube not only for entertainment purposes but also for reviews on products goods and services. There are also people who have gotten famous from YouTube, and have over 1 million subscribers. -
Twitter
Twitter is unique because it has a 140 character limit and uses retweets and likes which were once favorites. A tweet is when you type something on twitter. You can also upload photos and videos and the use of hashtags was started on twitter. You could tweet about trending topics and look up the hashtag to see what others are tweeting in relation to the hashtag. On Twitter you have followers and people follow you, which is different then just having a friend list. -
Apps
An app is a computer program that runs on your mobile phone, or tablet. The first version of this was created by Steve Jobs. Apps are important because this is how most of access our social media apps. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Tumbler and Snapchat are all accessible through mobile apps, and a few are only made as apps. -
Instagram
On Instagram you can upload pictures and videos, with hashtags that apply to the picture. Popular hashtags like #mcm #wcw and #tbt were started on Instagram. You can click on the hashtag and see others who used the hashtag. Instead of friends you had followers and people would follow you. -
Snapchat
Snapchat is my personal favorite social media platform! It started off by just sending pictures and short videos to friends, but then it upgraded by adding stories that consist of videos and pictures through out your day that automatically delete in 24 hours. Nobody can see your story unless you add them. Snapchat also became more popular when it included the use of filters which would add a flower crown on your head or turn you into a farm animal. -
Vine
Vine was a social media platform that primarily focused on videos. The videos originally only lasted 6 seconds and mostly consisted of people being goofy singing and dancing. Vine then went from only 6 seconds to 140 seconds. On vine people would re-loop a video instead of liking it or retweting it.
