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Email
Email can be considered a form of social media. The very first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson and traveled via ARPANET. ARPANET is a network of computers that was the beginning of the internet. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6116/First-e-mail-sent-by-Ray-Tomlinson/ -
AOL
AOL was born in 1985, first being called, Quantum Computer Services. The instant messenger launched in 1989. AOL was made public on NASDAQ in 1992, and within in a year surpassed 500,000 members. http://corp.aol.com/news/youve-got-25-years-aol-celebrates-25th-anniversary-with-bi -
Six Degrees
Founded by Andrew Weinreich in May 1996, Six Degrees is considered to be one of the very first social networking sites. This website wasn't very successful because of the lack of people able to connect to the internet. http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/then-and-now-a-history-of-social-networking-sites/2/ -
Friendster
Friendster was the next big social networking site, this one was a bit more successful than Six Degrees. Its CEO Johnathan Abrams believed that friends could create bonds online. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/Friendster.html -
LinkedIn
LinkedIn proved to be a new way to social network. Instead of the other sites which were for catching up or keeping up with friends, LinkedIn was designed to network for professional reasons. LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman and his team. https://ourstory.linkedin.com/ -
Myspace
Myspace was founded by Chris DeWolfe, Brad Greenspan, Tom Anderson, and Josh Berman after they saw what potential Friendster had. Myspace was just another way to socialize and connect with people on the internet. In July 2006 Myspace became the most visited site in the United States. http://socialsaleshq.com/the-history-of-myspace/ -
Facebook
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room. It is now the number one most used social networking site. Facebook says that its purpose is to keep the world more open and connected, so far it has done the best job. https://www.facebook.com/pg/facebook/about/ -
Youtube
In 2005, youtube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. It is unlike any other social networking site, youtube allows you to create, upload, watch and share original videos. https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/ -
Reddit
Reddit wad founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in 2005. Reddit is a forum where social news is shared and many different topics can be discussed, and like youtube, is unlike other social networking sites. http://mashable.com/2014/12/03/history-of-reddit/ -
Twitter
Twitter was founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams, and Noah Glass. It is still one of the most used social media sites today. Twitter gives you a limited amount of characters to use in each post, possibly so that people won't be bored with you. Twitter users post in the hopes that their tweet may be interesting or useful to their followers. https://www.lifewire.com/what-exactly-is-twitter-2483331 -
Instagram
Instagram has only been around since 2010 and is a fairly new social media site that people are using. Instagram allows you to post, share, and like photos and videos. Instagram was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-instagram-3486316 -
Snapchat
Snapchat just came out in 2011 and is a social network that once again brought something new to the table. Users post photos or ten second or less videos and the content only lasts for 24 hours and then disappears.Snapchat was founded by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy. Facebook once offered to buy snapchat for $3 billion but the CEOs turned it down. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131313-what-s-the-point-of-snapchat-and-how-does-it-work
