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The Beginning of Social Networking Sites
The first social networking site lasted from 1997 to 2001. From Six Degrees, the internet moved into the era of blogging and instant messaging. -
Internet Growing Larger
By the year 2000, approximately 100 million people had access to the internet. It soon became common for people to engage with others socially online. Everyone began to utilize chat rooms for socializing. -
The First Social Media Profile Website
In 2003, a social media website 'MySpace' was created. It was a popular place to make friends and chat with people. MySpace was an original social media profile website which lead to inspiring websites/applications like Facebook. -
Facebook's Release
In 2005, Facebook was released by Mark Zuckerburg. -
The Rest of the Social Networking Sites
After Facebook, even more Social Networking Applications were created e.g. Instagram, Flickr, Tumblr etc.