Social Media History

  • PLATO system

    PLATO system

    supported several graphic terminals worldwide. Ran nearly a dozen different networked mainframe computers.
  • Mac OS

    Mac OS

    operating system with a graphical interface, has windows and Mac OS. this created an environment that allows social media platforms to exists.
  • Myspace/Facebook

    Myspace/Facebook

    social media platforms used for interacting with friends and family and uploading photos, blogging begins and wiki is launched in 2001.
  • Social Medias

    Social Medias

    many social medias have began like LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Twitter. These are popular blog websites, funny comments and pictures, interacting with friends, and finding jobs.
  • Google+

    Google+

    a social networking shrive launches
  • Twitch

    Twitch

    a live streaming service that became popular over the world. It focus on broadcasting users/gamers playing video games.
  • Milestones

    Milestones

    Facebook goes public, snapchat launches video sharing for 10 second videos. Tinder, which is a widely popular dating-oriented social networking shrive launches.
  • Vine

    Vine

    vine was a widely popular sharing and social media service where you share funny 3 second videos.
  • Musical.ly

    Musical.ly

    a lip syncing app
  • Launch

    Launch

    periscope, a live video sharing app launches after being acquired by twitter. Bebo re-launches a messaging for iOS and Android.
  • Triller

    Triller

    a vied editing app, is converted into a social networking service, it allows users to follow each other and share videos.
  • TikTok

    TikTok

    a short video sharing and social media service like vine.
  • Co-Star

    Co-Star

    a astrological social networking service.
  • Defunction

    Defunction

    Yahoo messenger shuts down on July 17, 2018. Musical.ly shuts down and sends its users to TikTok.
  • Defunction

    Defunction

    google+ shuts down in April 2019 due to low user engagement and API flaw. Parler is shut down on all major service providers including google, apple, and amazon due to the lack of "moderation policies and enforcement" making a "public safety threat".
  • Clubhouse

    Clubhouse

    an audio-chat social networking app