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Members could create profiles and maintain a list of friends -
Birth of Influencer Era - a time where people could use social media platforms to share content, promote products or services engage with their followers -
First social media platform to reach a global audience. Users could create content, upload photos, music and had an influence on technology, pop culture music -
Mark Zuckerberg college roommates created Facebook originally for Harvard students. By 2006 anyone could have an account as long as they had a valid email account and was over the age of 13. -
An avenue for individuals to publish distribute videos globally -
Quick source of news, entertainment, marketing for businesses. -
Cell phone subscribers can now download their favorite app (FB, Twitter, LinkedIn) and connect via their electronic device -
Platform where users could share 10 second videos -
Although Instagram started in 2010, by 2013 users were able to share videos -
Around 2016 is when President Trump first called out news media for reporting "fake news" -
Media and the public alike, used social media to influence politics and encourage the use the Covid19 Vaccines and shortly thereafter, booster shots. -
This is the time when Ai began to soar in popularity and gain major attraction