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Plato Systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media- Talkomatic
- TERM-Talk
- Lotus Notes Three social systems introduce multi-user communications and screen sharing.
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Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPAN)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET Evolved into an internet-following publication. It developed through the connection of computers and was developed into what we know as the Internet today. -
Bulletin Board System (BBS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system Allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program—developed services such as NetMail which is similar to today's email. These systems serve today as a hobby but are heavily used by middle-aged Taiwanese as a form of communication. In 1984 FidoNet formed as BBSs started to exchange emails in North America and later internationally. -
Internet Relay Chat (ICR)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Rising from BBS with similar services these forms of communication are still used to this day. This is the engagement of private conversations and connections with new or other users. -
Classmates.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmates.com Created by Randy Conrads, this form of communication was used by college students. The features have strived to allow students to find and contact each other through their campus and others. -
The First Social Media Site (SixDegrees.com)
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ SixDegrees was the first established social media site. It allowed for the set up of a profile page along with being able to create a list of connections and message sending through networks. -
Hot or Not
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ AmIHotorNot.com issued one of the first forms of online dating. This network allowed users to submit photos of themselves to in return get ratings from other users based on attractiveness. This site was sold several times, later being rebranded as Chat Date. -
Habbo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Habbo, also called Habbo Hotel, is a virtual world and massively multiplayer online game. It is owned and operated by Sulake. Founded in 2000, Habbo has expanded to nine online communities, with users from more than 150 countries. As of October 2020, 316 million avatars have been registered in the game. -
Friendster
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ A dating site that would set up people with friends in common. The site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. The flood of traffic was too heavy for Friendster’s servers, impacting users, who looked to connect elsewhere. -
Myspace
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ Myspace quickly became the go-to site for millions of teens and was a direct competitor with Friendster. It had customizable public profiles that offered featured music, videos, and poorly shot half-nude selfies that were visible to anyone. This is how Myspace differed from Friendster which had private profiles. -
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Social Media Becoming Popular
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ Facemash known today as FaceBook became one of the most popular social media websites in the early 2000s.
Other major innovations:
1. LinkedIn was developed to target the business industry of connecting with others.
2. YouTube emerged in the scene of video creation and sharing. During this time most companies sought to fill the online needs or wants in making communication easier for different aspects of life. -
Twitter and LinkedIn
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ The first ever tweet was sent out on the platform that reads "just setting up my twttr." It set the figure for the platform as a connection of life-breaking updates that were simple but attractive. LinkedIn was the first to offer paid premium packages. LinkedIn held jobs and subscriptions that are in your area. -
YouTube and Partners
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ By late 2005 and early 2006, YouTube had established an average of 8 million views daily. By the fall of 2006, the site grew to 100 million videos watched by 20 million users. In May of 2007, YouTube launched its partner program marking the beginning of social media influencers. These influencers would go on in later years to make millions of dollars. -
Tumblr and the Hashtag
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ Tumblr became the innovation of interest and talking points of hobbies and what people like. Matched with the beginning of the hashtag most platforms including Tumblr saw an increase in citizens mobilizing, promoting, and creating awareness. -
Weibo
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ As China is mainly cut off from their internet users being connected with other countries, they created Weibo. This website was considered to be a FaceBook and Twitter hybrid for individuals of the state to be connected freely. Today this is the most popular website in their country. -
FourSquare
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ FourSquare was the first to develop a geolocation API for geofilters. It allowed users to express their favorite neighborhoods and cities. This tech is used in apps today such as Instagram, Snapchat, X, etc. -
Instagram
https://online.maryville.edu/blog/evolution-social-media/ Founded in 2010 by Stanford graduate Kevin Systrom as a photo-sharing site and purchased by Facebook in 2012, Instagram has more than 1 billion users worldwide. -
Pintrest
https://online.maryville.edu/blog/evolution-social-media/ Founded in 2010 by iPhone app developer Ben Silbermann as a visual “pinboard,” Pinterest became a publicly traded company in 2019 and has more than 335 million active monthly users. -
Snapchat
https://online.maryville.edu/blog/evolution-social-media/ Founded in 2011 by a trio of Stanford students Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy this introduced the concept of stories, or short videos, and filters, run for informative digital effects, often based on location. -
The Big Buy
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ Eight years after the launch of FaceBook, the website has reached one billion users. Within the celebration of a huge achievement FaceBook also bought Instagram for one billion dollars. -
Tinder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Tinder, one of today's top dating apps was launched. This would mark the time when dating communication became very popular still to this day. -
Vine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Vine, a video-sharing and social media service launched shortly after being acquired by Twitter for $30 million. Vine could only be up to 6 seconds long but quickly spawned a distinct genre of humor that still resonates today. -
Slack
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ Slack has brought innovation for corporate businesses to communicate in ways LinkedIn could not. Workers could communicate within corporations and other slack groups. -
Patreon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media Patreon, a crowdfunding site that would later become a subscription service for content creators on social media sites, is launched. Created by developer Sam Yam and musician Jack Conte, they wanted to create an income stream from his YouTube videos. The platform allows patrons to subscribe to monthly or exclusive creator content. -
Discord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord Discord launched as an instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media. Today it is the biggest platform for video gaming communication. -
Instagram Stories
https://blog.hootsuite.com/history-social-media/ Taking after the Snapchat idea of stories, Instagram launches its versions of stories. They are intended to be short-form photos or videos that stay up for 24 hours or can further sticker them to your profile page. This notes how other companies will take after other working ideas that will improve their platform. -
The hit TikTok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok Launched out of China TikTok's popularity was quick through most of Asia. In 2019 TikTok was a huge success in North America.