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Chronology
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Email
Email is invented and becomes the most used tool on the ARP net very quickly. -
Mailing Lists
The first ARP net mailing lists is sharing peoples interests. -
Usenet groups
The first Usenet groups are established, -
Emoticon
The first emoticon, smiley :-), is invented by Carnegie Mellon University by Professor Scott Fahlman. -
Internet Relay Chat
Socializing online is inventeed, allowing computers to exchange messages with a group. -
Social Networks
John Guare captures public imagination of the power of social networks. -
AOL Instant Messaging
AOL allows users to Instant Message (IM) online. -
AIM
AOL introduces AIM which allows users to IM not on AOL -
"Degrees of Seperation"
Sixdegrees.com is the first Internet social site that links users to friends. -
Online Dating
eHarmony.com is the first online dating site that lets users take a personality test. -
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
President Bill Clinton signs the CIPA that blocks ferderaly subsidized public and school libraries that blocks childrens access to pornography. -
Forwarded E-mails
Professor Duncan Watts used forward e-mails to confirm the "six-degrees-of-seperation". -
Myspace
Myspace is made -
Internet Blocked
CIPA blocks Internet sites in public school libraries. -
Myspace
Rupert Murdoch buys Myspace for $580 million. -
Background Checks
Legislatures in several states consider requiring bills that conduct background checks of users on online dating sites. -
Chat Rooms
Adults act like teens on Internet Chatrooms nd arrange to meet sexual predators. -
Blocks Internet Access
The Deleting Online Predators Act blocks children's access to socialnetworking sites, chatrooms, and socializing technology. -
Social Software
Social Software spreads to AOL, Netscape, Google, and Yahoo. -
World Wide Web Income Generators
Americans spend $521 million on online dating which makes online dating the biggest income generator on the World Wide Web.