The first BBSs came
"online services" in late
70s.
BBSs were the first type of sites that allowed user to log on and interact with
another. Originally there were primarily hosted on personal computers and
users had to dial in through the host computer´s modem.
Usernets
Tom Truscott and Jill
first conceived of
Usernet in 1979.
Usernets are mostly responsible fot the development of newsreader clients,
which are the precursor to RSS feed readers so commonly used to follow blogs
and news sites today.
Early social networks
Livejournal
Started
in 1999.
It was a social network built
around constantly-updated
blogs.
Forums
Online forums also played a large part in the evolution
of the social web, remain a popular part of the online
culture, and many have made strides to add more social
networking- type features.
Six degrees
Was
launched in
1997.
It was the first modem social network. It
allowed users crete a profile and to become
friends with other users.
MMORPGS
Became popular in
the early 2000s.
(Massively multiplayer online role-playing games). The players
interact both in the game world and on related forums and
community sites. .
Online services
After BBSs came "online services" like
CompuService and Prodigy. These were the
first real "corporate" attempts at accessing
the internet,
IRC
IRE was
developed in
1988.
(Internet Relay Chat) It was used for
file sharing, link sharing and
otherwise keeping in touch.
ICQ
ICQ was
developed in the
mind 90s.
It was the first instant messaging program for PCs. It was
al least partly responsible for the adoption of avatars,
abbreviations (LOL,BRB) and emoticons.
Niche social networks
Other major social networks
Major advances in social networking
Friendster
Founded in
2002.
It was in part a new kind of dating site.
Frienster was most pupular with three
different groups: gay men, attendees of
burning man and bloggers.
Hi5
Established
in 2003.
Is another social network, users can set
their profiles to be seen only by their
network members or by hi5 users in
general.
Linkedin
Was
faunded
in 2003.
It was one of the first mainstream social
networks devoted to business. Originally,
Linkedl allowed users to post a profile and
interact through private messaging.
Myspace
Was
faunded
in 2003.
Was had grown to be the most popular social network in the
world. Originally Myspace allowed communication throught
private messages, public comments posted to user's profile and
bulletins sent out to all of your friends
Facebook
Started out as
Harvad-only social
networkback in 2004.
Facebook allow users to post photos, videos and otherwise
customize their profile content. Users have a few different
methods of communicating with another, etc.
Multiply
Was
established
in 2004.
Is a "family-friendly"social network and media sharing site . The users
have the option to set security levels on each item they post, making
things public, network-only, or invite- only.
Orkut
Launched
in January
2004.
Orkut lets users share media,
status updates, and
communicate throug IM.
Kontain
Launched
in 2008.
Kontain works a bit differently than many social networks, putting the
focus on usability and allowing users to follow each other through photos,
videos, and music, rather than just simple status updates.
Ning
Ning is a plataform for creating niche social networks. Networks
are hosted by Ning but can take on their own personality and can
even pay to have their own btanding instead of the Ning brand.
Company-sponsored social networks
Social news and
bookmarking
Delicius
Founded
in 2003.
It's a social
bookmarking, it allows
its users to bookmark
any content they find
online, tag that content,
and then share it with
other users.
Digg
Was faunded in
2004 by K.
R;R.G;J.A;O.B.
Digg users can share links to
anything online and other
users can vote that content up
("dig) or down ("bury"). Users
can also comment on content
posted by others and keep a
friends list.
Reddit
Founded
in 2005.
Reddis operates in a similar fashion
to Digg, allowing users to vote
content up or down. Users can view
popular items, new items, and
"controversial" items.
Authonomy is one example; it's a writers network hosted by
the UK division of Harper Collins that has attracted
thousands of hopeful writers from all over the globe.
Media sharing
Photobucket
Launched
in 2003.
It was the first major photo
sharing site, photobucket
allows users to share photos
publicly or in
password-protected album.
Flickr
June 2009.
Flickr has become a social network in
its own right in recent years, becouse
also has groups, photo pools, and
allows users to create profiles, add
friends, and organize images and
video into photo sets/albums.
Youtube
Launched
in 2005.
It was the first major video hosting
and sharing site. YouTube's major
social features include ratings,
comments, and the option to
subscribe to the channels of user's
favorite video creators.
Revver
Revver took a slightly different approach
to video hosting and sharing, it has been
sharing revenue from the start. It splits
the revenue generated by video 50/50
with that video creator.
Twitter is about broadcasting daily short burst
messages to the world, with the hope that your
messages are useful and interesting to someone.
In other words, microblogging. Conversely,
Twitter is also about discovering interesting
people online and following their burst
messages for as long as they are interesting.
Posterous
Started by Y Combinator in May 2009.
Is the newest major microblogging application, users
post content via email. Emails cain include attached
photos, MP3s and other types that are also posted.
Tumblr
Was founded in 2007.
It is sort of a cross between a life streaming application
and a micro blogging platform. The site lets users post
photos, video, text, audio, links, conversations, and other
content on blog-like sites.
Ustream. tv
Was founded in 2006.
It was had become the streaming
video host of choise for celebrities.
Justin. tv
Octuber 2006.
It is streaming video that lets life casters and live show creator to
broadcast to hundreds or thousands of internet users.
Friedfeed
Launched in 2007.
It´s a place in you allows you to integrate most of your
activities, also a social network in its own right, with the
ability to create friend list, post updates, and otherwise
communicate.