Timeline: Social Media: How it Came to be By: Sarah Whittier 8L | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1978

Bulitin Board System (BBS)

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Period: Jan 1, 1978 to Jan 1, 1989

Better Buisness

(http://www.shrm.org/templatestools/hrqa/pages/socialnetworkingsitespolicy.aspx)
Period: Jan 1, 1978 to Jan 1, 2014

Is Another Way to Contact Other People

(http://www.shrm.org/templatestools/hrqa/pages/socialnetworkingsitespolicy.aspx)
Jan 1, 1979

Newsgroups

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Jan 1, 1980

Compuserve

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Jan 1, 1984

Prodigy Communications Corperations

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Jan 1, 1988

Intro. to Internet Relay CHat

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Period: Feb 28, 1989 to Jan 1, 2000

Easier for Hackers

(http://www.shrm.org/templatestools/hrqa/pages/socialnetworkingsitespolicy.aspx)
Jan 1, 1996

Intro. to ICQ

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Jan 1, 1997

Six Degrees

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Jan 1, 1999

Live Journal

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Period: Feb 28, 2000 to Jan 1, 2014

Easier to Plan Events
Jan 1, 2001

Wikipedia

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Jan 1, 2002

Friendster

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Jan 1, 2003

Hi5 & MySpace

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Jan 1, 2004

The Facebook, Orkut, Flickr

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Jan 1, 2005

Youtube & Reddit

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Jan 1, 2006

Facebook & Twitter

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Jan 1, 2007

Tumblr

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Jan 1, 2009

WhatsApp

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Jan 1, 2012

Snapchat & Tinder

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Jan 1, 2013

Vines

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Jan 1, 2014

Pheed

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