THE DEVELOPOMENT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

THE DEVELOPOMENT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

1. Precursors to social media

   • Usernets
     • 1979
       • Usemets let users post articles or posts to newgroups.
   • Online services
     • After BBSS
       • These were the first real "corporate" attempts at accessing the internet.
   • IRC, ICQ
     • 1988
       • Was the first instant messaging program

2. Early social networkings

   • Dating sites
     • Forums
       • Six degrees
         • Asianavenue
           • Live journal
             • World of warcraft
               • 2000s
                 • Players interact both in the game world
             • 1999
               • Allowed users to create a bassically-static profile
           • 1997 and 2001
             • They allowed users to create profiles and add friends
         • 1997
           • It allowed users to create a profile and to become friends with other users
       • Popular in the 70s and 80s
         • Came with a more user-friendly interface
     • The first social network
       • They allowed users to create profiles and to contact other users.

3. Major advances in social networking

   • Friendster
     • HI5
       • linkedin
         • Myspace
           • Facebook
             • 2004
               • Facebook does however, allow people to post photos, videos ,etc
           • 2003
             • Users could also post music from artists on myspace
         • 2003
           • Allowed users to post a profile and to interact through private messaging
       • 2003
         • Users can set their profiles to be seen only by their network members
     • 2002
       • Allowing people to discover their friends

4. Other major social networking

   • Multiply
     • Orkut
       • Kontain
         • 2008
           • Allowing people to follow each other through photos, videos and music
       • 2004
         • Is a google's social network
     • 2004
       • A family-friendly social networking

5. Niche social networks

   • Ning
     • • Platform for creating niche social networks

6. Company-sponsored social networks

   • Media sharing
     • Photobucket
       • Flickr
         • 2009
           • Groups to organize images and videos into photo set/albums
         • Youtube
           • 2005
             • You can upload videos up to a 10 minutes long and share them
           • Revver
             • • Let you post videos free and didn't pay for content
       • 2003
         • First major photo sharing site
     • • Sharing photos. videos and other multimedia content is also a popular social media activity

7. Social news and bokkmarking

   • Delicious
     • Digg
       • Reddit
         • 2005
           • Allowing users to vote up o down
       • 2004
         • Can share links to anything online and other users can vote that content up or down
     • 2003
       • Allows users to bookmark any content they find online

8. Real time updates

   • Twitter
     • Posterious
       • Tumblr
         • Is a life streaming application and a micro blogging platform
         • Iphone's role in real-time updates
           • 2007
             • Allows users to post photos, updates, links, create polls, suscribe to RSS and more
         • 2007
       • Users post content via email
       • 2009
     • 2006
       • Twitter is spawned a number of third-party sites and apps

9. Lifestream and lifecasting

   • Unstream tv
     • Justin tv
       • Friendfeed
         • 2007
           • Allows you to integrate most of your online activities in one place
       • 2006
         • Is a streaming video host, justine is probably most public user
     • 2006
       • Become the streaming video host of choice for celebrities like ashton kutcher and soleil moon frye

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