PRECURSORS TO
SOCIAL MEDIA.
There are
general social
networks with
user bases
larger than the
population of
most countries.
USERS NETS (1979)
BBSS(70S
ONLINE SERVICES
IRC, ICQ, INSTANT MESSAGING (1988)
EARLY SOCIAL
NETWORK.
Were the first
social
networks in
which users
create their
profile to
contact other
users.
SIX DEGREES(1997)
LIVE JOURNAL(1999)
WORD OF WORCRAFT(2000)
DATING SITES
FORUMS(70S)
ASSIANAVENUE, MIGENTE,BLACK PLANET (1997)
MAJOR ADVANCES IN
SOCIAL NETWORKING.
The early 2000s
brought some huge
developments in
social networking and
social media.
FRIENDSTER(2002)
HI5(2003)
MYSPACE(2003)
FACEBOOK(2008)
LINKEDIN(2003)
COMPANY-SPONSORED
SOCIAL NETWORKS.
Corporations in all sorts of
industries have developed
a number of niche social
networking sites.
YOUTUBE(2005)
PHOTOBUKET(2003)
MEDIA SHARING
FLICKR(2009)
REVVER
SOCIAL NEWS AND
BOOK MARKING.
Sharing photos and
videos wasn't isn't
the only kind of
information
sharing happening
with social media.
TWITTER (2006)
TUMBLR (2007)
DELICIOUS (2003)
DIGG(2004)
REDDIT(2005)
POSTEROUS(2009)
OTHER MAJOR
SOCIAL NETWORKS.
These are the most
important social
networks,out in the
2000s, these social
networks were very
popular around the
world.
MULTIPLY(2004)
ORKUT(2004)
KONTAIN(2008)
NINCHE SOCIAL NETWORKS.
As social networking
grew,niche sites began
cropping up for specific
interest groups.There are
now social networks for
virtually every hobby,
passion, interest, industry
and group that you could
imagine.
NING
LIFESTREAMING AND
LIFECASTING.
Real-time updates
have led to an
increase in the
number of people who
are now life casting of
life streaming
virtually everything
they do.