…from Web Designer Depot.
With the explosion of the so-called social media these days, do you care to learn where it all came from? Here is an interest post on the subject.
Precursors to Social Media
BBS (late 70s) -> Online Services -> IRC, ICQ, IM -> Dating Sites -> Early Social Networks -> Six Degrees (1997) -> AsianAvenue, MiGente, BlackPlanet -> LiveJournal (1999)
Major Advances in Social Networking
Friendster (2002) -> LinkedIn (2003) -> MySpace (2003) -> Facebook (2004)
Media Sharing
Photobucket (2003) -> Flickr -> YouTube (2005) -> Revver
Social News and Bookmarking
Delicious (2003) -> Digg (2004) -> Reddit (2005)
Real Time Updates
Twitter (2006)
Lifestreaming and Lifecasting
Ustream.tv (2006) -> Justin.tv (2006) -> FriendFeed (2007)
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