The document outlines key moments in social media history from 1993 to 2012, highlighting important milestones such as the launch of platforms like Friendster, MySpace, and Facebook. It mentions significant events including the first tweet by Jack Dorsey in 2006 and the introduction of YouTube in 2005. The overall timeline illustrates the rapid evolution of social media and its growing impact on communication.

1. Here are the 10
1993
defining moments in the history of social media:
1999
Ted Leonsis uses AOL Instant
Message to send his wife this
message:
“ on’t be scared ... it is me. Love
D
you and miss you.” She replied:
“Wow ... this is so cool!”1
2003
2002
2005
Jawed Karim posts
the first YouTube
video from the San
Diego Zoo.
It has been
watched
13 million
Everyone has something to say
and the birth of Blogger.com gave
everyone a forum where to say
it for all the world to read.2
Canadian computer programmer
Jonathan Abrams launches social
gaming site Friendster, attracting 3 million people to join in just
three months.3
LinkedIn launches after being
created in the living
room of one of its cofounders, Reid Hoffman,
the year before while
Tom Anderson, and
Chris Dewolfe
found MySpace.5
2006
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, sends
the first tweet: “just setting up my twttr.” It
has been retweeted 19,000 times.8
2009
FourSquare launches, allowing
its more than 40 million users to
share their location with their
connections.11
Yahoo!
Wikipedia
3
Inc.
4
LinkedIn
5
MySpace
6
Facebook
7
YouTube
8
Twitter
9
Tumblr
10
CNN
11
FourSquare
12
CNN
2
Perhaps the most
talked-about social
network, Facebook,
is created by Mark
Zuckerberg.6
Photo Credit: Jason Agron
Photography —
in San Francisco, CA.
2007
Tumblr is born, allowing its users to
effortlessly share anything they want
from any device while YouTube
users are able to participate in a
Democratic debate for the 2008
Presidential election by sending
video questions.10
Even the Pope is on Twitter! Pope
Benedict uses the handle
@Pontifex to post: “Dear friends, I
am pleased to get
in touch with you
through Twitter.
Thank you for your
generous response. I
bless all of you from
my heart.”12
Top 10
1
2004
Social Moments
in History
2012