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Bulletin board system (BBS) launched in 1978 and was considered one of the earliest forms of online communication amongst normal people on a local and regional scale. Niche groups could talk about their interest and it kind of reminds me of Reddit. -
Usenet allowed for messaging, file sharing, etc. They called this the original social network where it was on a global level, where many computers were communicating at once. -
Founded on May 1996 and launched in 1997. This was the first social media platform which allowed people to have profiles and have friends list which allowed for a personalized web of communication. -
MySpace allowed for people to meet new users online and connect with friends from real life. Content like music could be posted and even love interests could be found, I knew this personally from watching people find each other on the TV show Catfish. -
Facebook was the biggest social networking platforms that I remember, and it got really popular with young people and older people all over the world. The members in my family would use it to communicate with our other family and friends back in Nepal and I just remember it being such a big way for people to talk to one another and share what’s happening in their lives. -
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YouTube for me was a big way to see people living their lives and giving tutorials on hair, workout, lifestyle, etc. This began I feel like, along with Facebook and instagram, the constant checking of social media and being online constantly. -
Me too movement
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Instagram was really popular for posting selfies and images of day-to-day things or things like vacation. It definitely was a more polished appearance compared to Facebook because on Instagram it was like a one image tells all. -
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TikTok to me is linked with the Covid pandemic when everybody was inside and online and it really impacted people on a global scale because of the fast paced content, and the never ending release of it had users on it constantly. A lot of issues were brought up with TikTok shortening the attention span of users, still the pros of it was making people more creative and allowing a more intimate experience for all users. -
Started with? TikTok