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The History of Social Media

  • Email

    Email
    Email is older than Internet. The first system of email was mailbox on the computer. The email worked back then was you could only send messages.
  • Compuserve

    Compuserve
    It was first commercial online service created in the United States. It was popular during the 1980s, but now it has newer versions and could be used as a internet portal.
  • MUD

    MUD
    Multi-User-Domain which was made for multiplayer games on the internet. Sometimes they use it for online chat.
  • Usenet

    Usenet
    Usenet is a worldwide discussion network system. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis we the creator of this in 1979. Usenet is basically the earlier version of internet forums which is used today
  • Listserv

    Listserv
    Listserv is a electronic mailing list it allows a writer to send one email to the list, and then continually sends it on to the addresses of the subscribers to the list.
  • IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

    IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
    IRC is a application used for communication in form of a text. IRC is mainly designed for group communication and discussion forums.
  • The Palace

    The Palace
    The Palace is a computer program that accesses graphical chat rooms. The Palace was created by Jim Bumgardener and produced by Time Warner Interactive.
  • Six Degrees

    Six Degrees
    Six Degrees is a social network website that was used from 1997 to 2001. It allowed you to lists your family, friends, and other in you contact list. Users could send messages.
  • MOVEON

    MOVEON
    Moveon is a non-profit policy group formed by Bill Clinton. It raised millions for candidates in the United States. It is almost like Change.org
  • LiveJournal

    LiveJournal
    LiveJournal is a social network service used for keeping a journal, and a blog. It also has a variety of political pundits and it is also used in Russia. It partners with online newspapers.