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TCP/IP were the first adaptations to Social Media -
Match.com was discovered in 1993 and launched 2 years later and people who joined then first were offered a free subscription for life! -
Sixdegress.com releases in 1997 as the first social media -
Yahoo messenger was created shortly after sixdegrees.com -
Another app used to meet people! -
Friendsmaster was the first social media to post pictures and updates on your life, but Myspace came I a year later and took over and gained more popularity -
Facebook was finally created in 2003, but making it's way to the public in 2004, gaining rapid attraction in late of 2004. -
Spotify was launched in 2006, and this was one of the first apps to be able to stream music, and share music with others -
Twitter and Tumblr were introduced in 2006, and along with Facebook, people were intrigued with the apps. -
Google bought YouTube in 2006, who has soared to over 100 million videos and 20 million users -
Using Hashtags you can get in connection with people with topics including: music, politics, branding, marketing and more! -
Not only is having access to these social media apps make up social media, but the development on how to access social media, such as iPhones and the App Store was created in 2007 -
In 2009, Grindr became the first geosocial networking app, foursquare popularizing geotagging, and then there was FarmVille. -
Unicode added Emojis! -
Instagram and Pinterest were announced in 2010, with along creation of photo filters! -
Snapchat was founded along with Google + -
Facebook buy Instagram for $1 Billion dollars! -
Taking Selfies started to go viral with some contributors starting this popularity: Ellen, Pairs Hilton, Soulja Boy -
Facebook to integrate a live feature -
TikTok was created in 2016, but in August of 2018 all users were moved to TikTok -
After the 2016 election, fake news were spreading rapidly on all social medias like Instagram, and Twitter -
After 2018 more social medias started to make appearances such as weverse -
Now up to date, after years of creating social medias, some like TikTok are starting to get banned in the US. January 19th, 2025 TikTok was banned, but came back the next day after Trump gave an extension