Social Media

By bcellini1031

  • The first social media site (1997)

    SixDegrees.com was one of the first true social media sites, letting users create profiles, connect, and message each other. It reached around one million users before being sold for $125 million and closing in 2000. These features but were mainly used in academia. In general, social media began developing in the 1970s,

  • First social Media

    Hot or Not, AmIHotorNot.com was a popular site where users uploaded photos to be rated on their attractiveness, sparking widespread insecurities. It is said to have inspired the creators of Facebook and YouTube. After changing ownership multiple times, the site has now been rebranded as the dating app Chat Date.

  • Friendster

    Launched in 2002 as a dating site to connect people through mutual friends, Friendster offered profiles, status updates, and mood sharing. It really became popular in 2003 where it was so big people had to go to other social media websites

  • Myspace

    Myspace was strong competitor to Friendster, attracting millions of teens with its customizable, public profiles that often included music, videos, and personal photos. In 2005, it reached its peak with 25 million users and ranked as the fifth most visited site in the U.S., but its sale to another company was the mistake that they should not of let happen.

  • LinkedIn, YouTube, and WordPress

    Mark Zuckerberg created Facemash, Harvard's version of Hot or Not, followed by the launch of “The Facebook” in 2004. By the end of that year, it had reached one million users and dropped “The” to become simply Facebook in 2005.
    this period of time more platforms came out like, linkedin, photobucket, youtube, reddit and more.

  • Twitter

    Casual form of social media, real-time updates. Dorsey initially imagined it as a text-based service for friends to share short status updates. Early users were posting everyday moments like “Cleaning my apartment” and “Hungry”—a trend that, amusingly, still persists today.

  • Tumblr

    First ever micorblog where people could post their information and what was going on and what they liked in a more simple way

  • Grindr

    First dating app, where people can go and date and meet people

  • Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat

    Instagram co-founder Krieger shared one of the app’s earliest photo a filtered image of a marina with no caption. The platform has since evolved into the world’s most downloaded app. Around the same time, Pinterest launched in beta, becoming a hit with users who embraced pinning. 445 million monthly active users. The app originally named Picaboo rebranded to Snapchat, gaining popularity for its disappearing content and fun filters.

  • Twitch

    Video game streaming website where people can stream and show their skill and games.

  • Tiktok

    Douyin, developed by ByteDance, was launched internationally as TikTok and quickly gained massive popularity across Asian countries. It became widely popular in North America around 2019, coinciding with the viral success of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” on the platform.