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Prepare for Takeoff
In 1987 the National Science Foundation launched a network known as NSFNET. Shortly after this the real social media began in 1997 -
Roaring 80's and 90's
During the late 80's early 90's software developers released small sites that people were to use to communicate. CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy were the programs used during this time before we hit a big break in the internet. -
Introduction
The term social media was coined in the mid 1990's by Darrell Berry. In the early phases of the commercial Internet that the first SM platforms were developed and launched -
Y19 to Y2K
During the development of computers and media sites, cellphones were also being devloped. -
Big Break Pt 1
In 2002, the most used app for careers known as LinkedIn was launched and brought to the public. Just shortly after that the HOTTEST app to hit the scene known as Myspace in 2003 -
Meta in Pre Phase
This is when the biggest platform to man was announced to the public. In 2004 during the early phase Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg and his friends came up with "FaceSmash", now known as Facebook. -
TWEET TWEET
Shortly after the development Twitter was founded Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and others as a microblogging site -
Creation of Algorithims
Social media was able to pioneer the idea of having algorithms. Now people have the choice to choose what appears on their pages and are able to filter out the things they do not want to see. -
BYE BYE
In 2008 Facebook surpassed Myspace. Shortly after in 2011 Myspace was partially owned by NSYNC singer Justin Timberlake. -
ig this is InstaGram
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 -
Tik... Tok
Founded in 2016 by Chinese tech company ByteDance, this short-form video-sharing site was merged with the U.S.-based mobile app Musical.ly in 2018 and became popular with American teens and young adults. As of early 2020, it had more than 800 million users worldwide, according to the University of Marysville -
"BRUH"
This would be the PEAK of memes. Facebook being the biggest platform at the time a lot of memes were shared here. This was seen as a new way of communicating and could be seen as "storytelling". Since then the meme community has grown tremendously. -
COVID 19
During the 2019 pandemic, social media became a highlight of everyone's life. During this time this where content creation hit an all time high, everyone was utilizing social media for business, school and as a way to communicate with the OUTSIDE world -
News is News
After Elon Musk took over X, they added a feature that gives updates on current events as a way to keep users up to date with the news -
X MARKS THE SPOT
On October 27, 2022 "US Political" figure and businessman Elon Musk purchased and rebranded Twitter, into what is now known as X. -
TikTok Gone pt1
In 2024, the US government came up up with the idea to BAN TikTok in the United States because it was Chinese app and they were afraid that they were stealing data from the US. -
OH NO
January 19th, 2025 at 10:53 PM TikTok as we knew it was taken away person by person in the United States. Anytime you tried to open the app a black screen would appear and this could be seen as a sad day for all the users. -
BACK AGAIN
January 20th, 2025 around 3 pm TikTok made a come back, apparently president elect Donald Trump signed an extension allowing TikTok to return back to the US .