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The History of Social Networking

THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL NETWORKING g9 O facebook. BEING CONNECTED TO THE WORLD AROUND US HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EASY AND ACCESSIBLE THAN IT IS TODAY. BUT IT DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY. AFTER THE INTERNET MADE IT POSSIBLE TO REACH PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE WITH MERELY A CLICK OF A BUTTON, SOCIAL NETWORKING EXPLODED INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES OF OUR TIME. THE FIRST EMAIL IS SENT. 1971 THE TWO COMPUTERS VWERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER. "QWERTYUIOP" BBS (BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS) EXCHANGED 1978 DATA OVER PHONE LINES WITH OTHER USERS. THE FIRST COPIES OF EARLY VWEB BROWSERS 1978 ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH USENET, AN EARLY ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD, BIRTHPLACE OF FLAME WARS AND TROLLING. ONE OF THE WEB'S FIRST 1994 SOCIAL NETWRKING SITES, GEOCITIES, IS FOUNDED. THE CONCEPT WAS FOR USERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN WEBSITES, CATEGORIZED BY ONE OF SIX 'CITIES' KNOWN FOR CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS (HOLLYWOOD, WALLSTREET, ETC). THEGLOBE.COM GAVE USERS THE FREEDOM TO PERSONALIZE THEIR ONLINE EXPERIENCES 1995 BY PUBLISHING THEIR OWN CONTENT AND INTERACTING WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS. THEGLOBE.COM POSTED A RECORD IPO THAT FELL FROM $850 MILLION TO BARELY $4 MILLION IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. AOL AOL INSTANT MESSENGER IS LAUNCHED. 1997 POPULARIZING INSTANT MESSAGING. SIXDEGREES.COM LAUNCHES 1997 ALLOWING PROFILE CREATION AND LISTING FRIENDS. FUELED FOR YEARS BY THE THE GROWING INTERNET, INCLUDING EARLY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, THE COM BUBBLE BURSTS, SENDING THE 2000 STOCK MARKETS CRASHING, AND WEB ENTREPRENEURS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS. FRIENDSTER IS LAUNCHED, 2002 PIONEERING THE ONLINE CONNECTION OF REAL-WORLD FRIENDS. IT'S USER-BASE GROWS TO 3 MILLION USERS IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. ABOUT 1 IN EVERY 126 INTERNET USERS AT THE TIME. MYSPACE IS LAUNCHED, FIRST CONCEIVED 2003 AS A FRIENDSTER CLONE. CREATED BY AN INTERNET MARKETING FIRM, THE FIRST VERSION WAS HASTILY CODED IN 1O DAYS. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, MANY OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES LAUNCH. AMONG THEM, TRIBE.NET, LINKEDIN, CLASSMATES.COM, JAIKU, NETLOG, ETC. FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHED, ORIGINALLY AS A WAY OF CONNECTING U.S COLLEGE STUDENTS. FIRST LAUNCHED AT HARVARD COLLEGE, MORE THAN HALF OF THE 19,500 STUDENTS facebook. SIGNED UP WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. 2004 2006 Twitter is launched. AT THE CLOSE OF THE 2010 JAPAN VS DENMARK WORLD CUP SOCCER GAME, TWITTER USERS PUBLISHED 3,283 TWEETS PER SECOND. FACEBOOK OVERTAKES MYSPACE 2008 AS THE LEADING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, IN MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS. BOTH SITES ARE VASTLY MORE POPULAR THAN THE ORIGINAL, FRIENDSTER. facebook. SOCIAL NETWORKS COMPARED (BY USERS) FACEBOOK 600 MILLION FRIENDSTER FOUND SUCCESS IN ASIA, WHERE IT CURRENTLY FINDS 90% OF IT'S TRAFFIC. MYSPACE 260 MILLION TWITTER 190 MILLION FRIENDSTER 90 MILLION LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED 2002 2003 2004 2006 THE END INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: WWW.ONLINESCHOOLS.ORG HTTP://www.TIME.COM/TIME/SPECIALS/PACKAGES/ARTICLE/ 0,28804,2036683_2037109 2037122,00.HTML HTTP://www.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/TECHNOLOGY/2007/JUL/25/MEDIA.NEWMEDIA HTTP://VALLEYWAG.GAWKER. COM/TECH/MYSPACE/MYSPACE-THE BUSINESS OF-SPAM-20-EXHAUSTIVE-EDITION.199924.PHP HTTP://www.INTERNETWORLDSTATS.COM/EMARKETING.HTM HTTP://FINDARTICLES.COM/P/ARTICLES/MI_MOEIN/IS_ 1995 JULY 5/A!_17190114/ HTTP://OPENMAP. BBN.COM/"TOMLINSO/RAY/FIRSTEMAILFRAME. HTML THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL NETWORKING g9 O facebook. BEING CONNECTED TO THE WORLD AROUND US HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EASY AND ACCESSIBLE THAN IT IS TODAY. BUT IT DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY. AFTER THE INTERNET MADE IT POSSIBLE TO REACH PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE WITH MERELY A CLICK OF A BUTTON, SOCIAL NETWORKING EXPLODED INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES OF OUR TIME. THE FIRST EMAIL IS SENT. 1971 THE TWO COMPUTERS VWERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER. "QWERTYUIOP" BBS (BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS) EXCHANGED 1978 DATA OVER PHONE LINES WITH OTHER USERS. THE FIRST COPIES OF EARLY VWEB BROWSERS 1978 ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH USENET, AN EARLY ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD, BIRTHPLACE OF FLAME WARS AND TROLLING. ONE OF THE WEB'S FIRST 1994 SOCIAL NETWRKING SITES, GEOCITIES, IS FOUNDED. THE CONCEPT WAS FOR USERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN WEBSITES, CATEGORIZED BY ONE OF SIX 'CITIES' KNOWN FOR CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS (HOLLYWOOD, WALLSTREET, ETC). THEGLOBE.COM GAVE USERS THE FREEDOM TO PERSONALIZE THEIR ONLINE EXPERIENCES 1995 BY PUBLISHING THEIR OWN CONTENT AND INTERACTING WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS. THEGLOBE.COM POSTED A RECORD IPO THAT FELL FROM $850 MILLION TO BARELY $4 MILLION IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. AOL AOL INSTANT MESSENGER IS LAUNCHED. 1997 POPULARIZING INSTANT MESSAGING. SIXDEGREES.COM LAUNCHES 1997 ALLOWING PROFILE CREATION AND LISTING FRIENDS. FUELED FOR YEARS BY THE THE GROWING INTERNET, INCLUDING EARLY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, THE COM BUBBLE BURSTS, SENDING THE 2000 STOCK MARKETS CRASHING, AND WEB ENTREPRENEURS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS. FRIENDSTER IS LAUNCHED, 2002 PIONEERING THE ONLINE CONNECTION OF REAL-WORLD FRIENDS. IT'S USER-BASE GROWS TO 3 MILLION USERS IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. ABOUT 1 IN EVERY 126 INTERNET USERS AT THE TIME. MYSPACE IS LAUNCHED, FIRST CONCEIVED 2003 AS A FRIENDSTER CLONE. CREATED BY AN INTERNET MARKETING FIRM, THE FIRST VERSION WAS HASTILY CODED IN 1O DAYS. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, MANY OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES LAUNCH. AMONG THEM, TRIBE.NET, LINKEDIN, CLASSMATES.COM, JAIKU, NETLOG, ETC. FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHED, ORIGINALLY AS A WAY OF CONNECTING U.S COLLEGE STUDENTS. FIRST LAUNCHED AT HARVARD COLLEGE, MORE THAN HALF OF THE 19,500 STUDENTS facebook. SIGNED UP WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. 2004 2006 Twitter is launched. AT THE CLOSE OF THE 2010 JAPAN VS DENMARK WORLD CUP SOCCER GAME, TWITTER USERS PUBLISHED 3,283 TWEETS PER SECOND. FACEBOOK OVERTAKES MYSPACE 2008 AS THE LEADING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, IN MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS. BOTH SITES ARE VASTLY MORE POPULAR THAN THE ORIGINAL, FRIENDSTER. facebook. SOCIAL NETWORKS COMPARED (BY USERS) FACEBOOK 600 MILLION FRIENDSTER FOUND SUCCESS IN ASIA, WHERE IT CURRENTLY FINDS 90% OF IT'S TRAFFIC. MYSPACE 260 MILLION TWITTER 190 MILLION FRIENDSTER 90 MILLION LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED 2002 2003 2004 2006 THE END INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: WWW.ONLINESCHOOLS.ORG HTTP://www.TIME.COM/TIME/SPECIALS/PACKAGES/ARTICLE/ 0,28804,2036683_2037109 2037122,00.HTML HTTP://www.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/TECHNOLOGY/2007/JUL/25/MEDIA.NEWMEDIA HTTP://VALLEYWAG.GAWKER. COM/TECH/MYSPACE/MYSPACE-THE BUSINESS OF-SPAM-20-EXHAUSTIVE-EDITION.199924.PHP HTTP://www.INTERNETWORLDSTATS.COM/EMARKETING.HTM HTTP://FINDARTICLES.COM/P/ARTICLES/MI_MOEIN/IS_ 1995 JULY 5/A!_17190114/ HTTP://OPENMAP. BBN.COM/"TOMLINSO/RAY/FIRSTEMAILFRAME. HTML THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL NETWORKING g9 O facebook. BEING CONNECTED TO THE WORLD AROUND US HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EASY AND ACCESSIBLE THAN IT IS TODAY. BUT IT DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY. AFTER THE INTERNET MADE IT POSSIBLE TO REACH PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE WITH MERELY A CLICK OF A BUTTON, SOCIAL NETWORKING EXPLODED INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES OF OUR TIME. THE FIRST EMAIL IS SENT. 1971 THE TWO COMPUTERS VWERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER. "QWERTYUIOP" BBS (BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS) EXCHANGED 1978 DATA OVER PHONE LINES WITH OTHER USERS. THE FIRST COPIES OF EARLY VWEB BROWSERS 1978 ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH USENET, AN EARLY ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD, BIRTHPLACE OF FLAME WARS AND TROLLING. ONE OF THE WEB'S FIRST 1994 SOCIAL NETWRKING SITES, GEOCITIES, IS FOUNDED. THE CONCEPT WAS FOR USERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN WEBSITES, CATEGORIZED BY ONE OF SIX 'CITIES' KNOWN FOR CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS (HOLLYWOOD, WALLSTREET, ETC). THEGLOBE.COM GAVE USERS THE FREEDOM TO PERSONALIZE THEIR ONLINE EXPERIENCES 1995 BY PUBLISHING THEIR OWN CONTENT AND INTERACTING WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS. THEGLOBE.COM POSTED A RECORD IPO THAT FELL FROM $850 MILLION TO BARELY $4 MILLION IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. AOL AOL INSTANT MESSENGER IS LAUNCHED. 1997 POPULARIZING INSTANT MESSAGING. SIXDEGREES.COM LAUNCHES 1997 ALLOWING PROFILE CREATION AND LISTING FRIENDS. FUELED FOR YEARS BY THE THE GROWING INTERNET, INCLUDING EARLY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, THE COM BUBBLE BURSTS, SENDING THE 2000 STOCK MARKETS CRASHING, AND WEB ENTREPRENEURS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS. FRIENDSTER IS LAUNCHED, 2002 PIONEERING THE ONLINE CONNECTION OF REAL-WORLD FRIENDS. IT'S USER-BASE GROWS TO 3 MILLION USERS IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. ABOUT 1 IN EVERY 126 INTERNET USERS AT THE TIME. MYSPACE IS LAUNCHED, FIRST CONCEIVED 2003 AS A FRIENDSTER CLONE. CREATED BY AN INTERNET MARKETING FIRM, THE FIRST VERSION WAS HASTILY CODED IN 1O DAYS. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, MANY OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES LAUNCH. AMONG THEM, TRIBE.NET, LINKEDIN, CLASSMATES.COM, JAIKU, NETLOG, ETC. FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHED, ORIGINALLY AS A WAY OF CONNECTING U.S COLLEGE STUDENTS. FIRST LAUNCHED AT HARVARD COLLEGE, MORE THAN HALF OF THE 19,500 STUDENTS facebook. SIGNED UP WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. 2004 2006 Twitter is launched. AT THE CLOSE OF THE 2010 JAPAN VS DENMARK WORLD CUP SOCCER GAME, TWITTER USERS PUBLISHED 3,283 TWEETS PER SECOND. FACEBOOK OVERTAKES MYSPACE 2008 AS THE LEADING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, IN MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS. BOTH SITES ARE VASTLY MORE POPULAR THAN THE ORIGINAL, FRIENDSTER. facebook. SOCIAL NETWORKS COMPARED (BY USERS) FACEBOOK 600 MILLION FRIENDSTER FOUND SUCCESS IN ASIA, WHERE IT CURRENTLY FINDS 90% OF IT'S TRAFFIC. MYSPACE 260 MILLION TWITTER 190 MILLION FRIENDSTER 90 MILLION LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED 2002 2003 2004 2006 THE END INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: WWW.ONLINESCHOOLS.ORG HTTP://www.TIME.COM/TIME/SPECIALS/PACKAGES/ARTICLE/ 0,28804,2036683_2037109 2037122,00.HTML HTTP://www.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/TECHNOLOGY/2007/JUL/25/MEDIA.NEWMEDIA HTTP://VALLEYWAG.GAWKER. COM/TECH/MYSPACE/MYSPACE-THE BUSINESS OF-SPAM-20-EXHAUSTIVE-EDITION.199924.PHP HTTP://www.INTERNETWORLDSTATS.COM/EMARKETING.HTM HTTP://FINDARTICLES.COM/P/ARTICLES/MI_MOEIN/IS_ 1995 JULY 5/A!_17190114/ HTTP://OPENMAP. BBN.COM/"TOMLINSO/RAY/FIRSTEMAILFRAME. HTML THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL NETWORKING g9 O facebook. BEING CONNECTED TO THE WORLD AROUND US HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EASY AND ACCESSIBLE THAN IT IS TODAY. BUT IT DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY. AFTER THE INTERNET MADE IT POSSIBLE TO REACH PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE WITH MERELY A CLICK OF A BUTTON, SOCIAL NETWORKING EXPLODED INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES OF OUR TIME. THE FIRST EMAIL IS SENT. 1971 THE TWO COMPUTERS VWERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER. "QWERTYUIOP" BBS (BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS) EXCHANGED 1978 DATA OVER PHONE LINES WITH OTHER USERS. THE FIRST COPIES OF EARLY VWEB BROWSERS 1978 ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH USENET, AN EARLY ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD, BIRTHPLACE OF FLAME WARS AND TROLLING. ONE OF THE WEB'S FIRST 1994 SOCIAL NETWRKING SITES, GEOCITIES, IS FOUNDED. THE CONCEPT WAS FOR USERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN WEBSITES, CATEGORIZED BY ONE OF SIX 'CITIES' KNOWN FOR CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS (HOLLYWOOD, WALLSTREET, ETC). THEGLOBE.COM GAVE USERS THE FREEDOM TO PERSONALIZE THEIR ONLINE EXPERIENCES 1995 BY PUBLISHING THEIR OWN CONTENT AND INTERACTING WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS. THEGLOBE.COM POSTED A RECORD IPO THAT FELL FROM $850 MILLION TO BARELY $4 MILLION IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. AOL AOL INSTANT MESSENGER IS LAUNCHED. 1997 POPULARIZING INSTANT MESSAGING. SIXDEGREES.COM LAUNCHES 1997 ALLOWING PROFILE CREATION AND LISTING FRIENDS. FUELED FOR YEARS BY THE THE GROWING INTERNET, INCLUDING EARLY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, THE COM BUBBLE BURSTS, SENDING THE 2000 STOCK MARKETS CRASHING, AND WEB ENTREPRENEURS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS. FRIENDSTER IS LAUNCHED, 2002 PIONEERING THE ONLINE CONNECTION OF REAL-WORLD FRIENDS. IT'S USER-BASE GROWS TO 3 MILLION USERS IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. ABOUT 1 IN EVERY 126 INTERNET USERS AT THE TIME. MYSPACE IS LAUNCHED, FIRST CONCEIVED 2003 AS A FRIENDSTER CLONE. CREATED BY AN INTERNET MARKETING FIRM, THE FIRST VERSION WAS HASTILY CODED IN 1O DAYS. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, MANY OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES LAUNCH. AMONG THEM, TRIBE.NET, LINKEDIN, CLASSMATES.COM, JAIKU, NETLOG, ETC. FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHED, ORIGINALLY AS A WAY OF CONNECTING U.S COLLEGE STUDENTS. FIRST LAUNCHED AT HARVARD COLLEGE, MORE THAN HALF OF THE 19,500 STUDENTS facebook. SIGNED UP WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. 2004 2006 Twitter is launched. AT THE CLOSE OF THE 2010 JAPAN VS DENMARK WORLD CUP SOCCER GAME, TWITTER USERS PUBLISHED 3,283 TWEETS PER SECOND. FACEBOOK OVERTAKES MYSPACE 2008 AS THE LEADING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, IN MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS. BOTH SITES ARE VASTLY MORE POPULAR THAN THE ORIGINAL, FRIENDSTER. facebook. SOCIAL NETWORKS COMPARED (BY USERS) FACEBOOK 600 MILLION FRIENDSTER FOUND SUCCESS IN ASIA, WHERE IT CURRENTLY FINDS 90% OF IT'S TRAFFIC. MYSPACE 260 MILLION TWITTER 190 MILLION FRIENDSTER 90 MILLION LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED 2002 2003 2004 2006 THE END INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: WWW.ONLINESCHOOLS.ORG HTTP://www.TIME.COM/TIME/SPECIALS/PACKAGES/ARTICLE/ 0,28804,2036683_2037109 2037122,00.HTML HTTP://www.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/TECHNOLOGY/2007/JUL/25/MEDIA.NEWMEDIA HTTP://VALLEYWAG.GAWKER. COM/TECH/MYSPACE/MYSPACE-THE BUSINESS OF-SPAM-20-EXHAUSTIVE-EDITION.199924.PHP HTTP://www.INTERNETWORLDSTATS.COM/EMARKETING.HTM HTTP://FINDARTICLES.COM/P/ARTICLES/MI_MOEIN/IS_ 1995 JULY 5/A!_17190114/ HTTP://OPENMAP. BBN.COM/"TOMLINSO/RAY/FIRSTEMAILFRAME. HTML THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL NETWORKING g9 O facebook. BEING CONNECTED TO THE WORLD AROUND US HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EASY AND ACCESSIBLE THAN IT IS TODAY. BUT IT DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY. AFTER THE INTERNET MADE IT POSSIBLE TO REACH PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE WITH MERELY A CLICK OF A BUTTON, SOCIAL NETWORKING EXPLODED INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES OF OUR TIME. THE FIRST EMAIL IS SENT. 1971 THE TWO COMPUTERS VWERE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER. "QWERTYUIOP" BBS (BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS) EXCHANGED 1978 DATA OVER PHONE LINES WITH OTHER USERS. THE FIRST COPIES OF EARLY VWEB BROWSERS 1978 ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH USENET, AN EARLY ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD, BIRTHPLACE OF FLAME WARS AND TROLLING. ONE OF THE WEB'S FIRST 1994 SOCIAL NETWRKING SITES, GEOCITIES, IS FOUNDED. THE CONCEPT WAS FOR USERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN WEBSITES, CATEGORIZED BY ONE OF SIX 'CITIES' KNOWN FOR CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS (HOLLYWOOD, WALLSTREET, ETC). THEGLOBE.COM GAVE USERS THE FREEDOM TO PERSONALIZE THEIR ONLINE EXPERIENCES 1995 BY PUBLISHING THEIR OWN CONTENT AND INTERACTING WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS. THEGLOBE.COM POSTED A RECORD IPO THAT FELL FROM $850 MILLION TO BARELY $4 MILLION IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. AOL AOL INSTANT MESSENGER IS LAUNCHED. 1997 POPULARIZING INSTANT MESSAGING. SIXDEGREES.COM LAUNCHES 1997 ALLOWING PROFILE CREATION AND LISTING FRIENDS. FUELED FOR YEARS BY THE THE GROWING INTERNET, INCLUDING EARLY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, THE COM BUBBLE BURSTS, SENDING THE 2000 STOCK MARKETS CRASHING, AND WEB ENTREPRENEURS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS. FRIENDSTER IS LAUNCHED, 2002 PIONEERING THE ONLINE CONNECTION OF REAL-WORLD FRIENDS. IT'S USER-BASE GROWS TO 3 MILLION USERS IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. ABOUT 1 IN EVERY 126 INTERNET USERS AT THE TIME. MYSPACE IS LAUNCHED, FIRST CONCEIVED 2003 AS A FRIENDSTER CLONE. CREATED BY AN INTERNET MARKETING FIRM, THE FIRST VERSION WAS HASTILY CODED IN 1O DAYS. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, MANY OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES LAUNCH. AMONG THEM, TRIBE.NET, LINKEDIN, CLASSMATES.COM, JAIKU, NETLOG, ETC. FACEBOOK IS LAUNCHED, ORIGINALLY AS A WAY OF CONNECTING U.S COLLEGE STUDENTS. FIRST LAUNCHED AT HARVARD COLLEGE, MORE THAN HALF OF THE 19,500 STUDENTS facebook. SIGNED UP WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. 2004 2006 Twitter is launched. AT THE CLOSE OF THE 2010 JAPAN VS DENMARK WORLD CUP SOCCER GAME, TWITTER USERS PUBLISHED 3,283 TWEETS PER SECOND. FACEBOOK OVERTAKES MYSPACE 2008 AS THE LEADING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, IN MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS. BOTH SITES ARE VASTLY MORE POPULAR THAN THE ORIGINAL, FRIENDSTER. facebook. SOCIAL NETWORKS COMPARED (BY USERS) FACEBOOK 600 MILLION FRIENDSTER FOUND SUCCESS IN ASIA, WHERE IT CURRENTLY FINDS 90% OF IT'S TRAFFIC. MYSPACE 260 MILLION TWITTER 190 MILLION FRIENDSTER 90 MILLION LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED LAUNCHED 2002 2003 2004 2006 THE END INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: WWW.ONLINESCHOOLS.ORG HTTP://www.TIME.COM/TIME/SPECIALS/PACKAGES/ARTICLE/ 0,28804,2036683_2037109 2037122,00.HTML HTTP://www.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/TECHNOLOGY/2007/JUL/25/MEDIA.NEWMEDIA HTTP://VALLEYWAG.GAWKER. COM/TECH/MYSPACE/MYSPACE-THE BUSINESS OF-SPAM-20-EXHAUSTIVE-EDITION.199924.PHP HTTP://www.INTERNETWORLDSTATS.COM/EMARKETING.HTM HTTP://FINDARTICLES.COM/P/ARTICLES/MI_MOEIN/IS_ 1995 JULY 5/A!_17190114/ HTTP://OPENMAP. BBN.COM/"TOMLINSO/RAY/FIRSTEMAILFRAME. HTML

The History of Social Networking

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Yes, there was a time before Facebook and Twitter although it is hard to remember what it was like to not know what your great aunt had for breakfast all the way across the country. Social networking...

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