Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with the user bases larger than the populationnof most countries.
MEDIA SHARING
PHOTOBUCKET
Photobucket allows users
to share photos publically
or in password-protected
albums.
2003
FLICKR
Flickr also has groups, photo
pools, and allows users to
create profiles, add friends,
and organize images and viedo
into photo sets/albums.
2004
YOUTUBE
Youtube was the first major
video hosting aand sharing
site, user can upload videos up
to 10 minutes long and share
them trough Youtube or by
embedding them on other
websites.
2005
REVVER
Revver let you posst
videos for free and
didn't pay content
creators for any
advertising revenues
their videos generated.
2005
EARLY SOCIAL NETWORKS
DATING SITES
They allowed users to
create profiles and to
users.contact other
SIX DEGREES
It allowed users to
create a profile and
to become friends
with other users
1997
FORUMS
Online forums also played a large
part in evolution of the social web.
Online forums came with more
user-friendly interface, making
them easier for non-technical
visitors to use.
70's-80's
ASIANAVENUE, MIGENTE,
BLACK PLANET
They allowed users to create
profiles and add friends,
they could create
professional, personal and
dating profiles on these
sites.
1997
LIVEJOURNAL
Was a social network built around
constantly-updated blogs.
Livejournal encouraged its users to
follow one another and to create
groups and otherwise interact.
1999
WORLD OF WARCRAFT/
MMORPGS
MMORPGS (Massively
multiplayer online
role-playing games), World
of Warcraft where players
interact both in the game
worldand on related forums
and community sites.
2001
PRECURSORS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
USENET
Tom Truscott and Jim
Elilis first conceived of
Usenet systems. Usernets
let users post articles or
post articles or post to
newsgroups.
1979
BBSS (BULLETIN BOARD
SYSTEMS)
BBSS were the first type of
sites that allowed users to log
on and interact with one
another, albeit in a much
slower fashion that we
currently do.
70's
ONLINE SERVICES
Online services were the
first real "corporate"
attempts at accessing
the Internet.
80's
GENIE
This service was created to
make use of idle time-sharing
mainframes after normal U.S.
bussiness hours.
1985
IQC
Was the first instant
messaging program for
PCs. It was at least partly
responsible for the
adoption of avatars,
abbreviations (LOL, BRB)
and emoticons.
mid 90's
IRC (INTERNET RELAY CHAT)
Internet Relay Chat was used
for file sharing, link sharing
and otherwise keeping in
touch. It was really the father
of instant messaging as we
know it today.
1988
OTHER MAJOR SOCIAL NETWORKS
MULTIPLY
Is a social network and
media sharing site and
puts much more
emphasis on security
and privacy than many
other networks.
2004
ORKUT
Is Google's social network,
and while it's not
particulary popular in the
U.S. Orkut lets users share
media, status updates, and
communicate through IM.
2004
KONTAIN
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.
2008
LIFE STREAMING AND LIFE CASTIING
USTREAM.TV
Ustream allows viewers to post
comments and ask questions
directly to the feed host during
live broadcasts, and this
interactivity often engages
users to a greater extent than
other video sites.
2006
JUSTIN.TV
Justin.tv is a streaming
video host thaat lets life
casters and live show
creators to broadcast to
hundreds ow thousands
of internet users
2006
FRIENDFEED
Allows you to integrate most of your online
activities in one place. THey allowed users to create
friends lists, post updates, and ptherwise
communicatE.
2007
REAL TIME UPDATES
TWITTER
Twitter clients for updating
and managing followers;
services that track Twitter
trends; and services for
posting photos and videos
directly to Twitter.
2007
POSTEROUS
Posterous is the newest major
micro blogging application,
started by Y Combinator. Users
post content via email. Emails can
include attached photos, MP3 and
other file types.
2009
TUMBLR
The site lets users
post photos, video,
text, audio, links,
conversations, and
other content on
blog-like sites.
2007
NICHE SOCIAL NETWORKS
NING
Ning is a plataform for
creating niche social
networks. New users can
either create social networks
for any niche they choose or
join any of more 1.5 million
existing networks.
2004
SOCIAL NEWS AND BOOKMARKING
DELICIOUS
Delicious allows it
users to bookmark
any content they find
online, tag that content,
and then share it with
other users.
2003
DIGG
Digg users can share links to
anything online and other
users can vote that content
uo por down. Users can also
comment on content posted
by others and keep a friends
list.
2004
REDDIT
Reddit allowed users to
vote content up or down,
they can view popular
items, new items, and
"controversial" items.
2005
MAJOR ADVANCES IN SOCIAL
NETWORKING
FRIENDSTER
It allowed users to discover their
friends and then friends-of-friends,
and so on to expand their networks.
2002
HI5
Users can set their profiles to
be seen only by their network
members or by Hi5 users in
general.
2003
MYSPACE
Allowed users to completely
customize the look of their profies.
Users could also post music from
artists on Myspace and embed
videos from other sites on their
profiles
2003
FACEBOOK
Facebook allow users to post
photos, videos and otherwise
customize their profile content, if
not the design. Over the past a
few years facebook included
instant messaging/chat apps.
2004
LINKEDIN
Linkedin allowed users
to post a profile and to
interact through
private messaging.