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First Social Media
The PLATO system (developed at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation) offers early forms of social media with Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic. -
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1990's
Bulletin board systems (BBS) and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) were popular during this time period, and IRC is still widely used today. -
Social media 2000-2010
Instant messaging platforms such as AOL Instant Messenger and Windows Live Messenger become increasingly popular. Wikipedia is launched in 2001. Many social media platforms that have remained are now thriving. This includes popular blogs, instant messaging servers, and various social networking platforms created in through 2000-2010 such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter.