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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. You may not remember Foursquare (or weren’t yet born during its heyday), but chances are, you’ve used the company’s tech. They earned virtual mayorships while they were at it.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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Location, Location, Location The biggest story of the event was the widespread usage of presence services foursquare and Gowalla. foursquare has a very interesting new dashboard that shows business owners data about how and when people have checked-in. link] Meryl K Evans I'm glad I went in 2002 and 2003 before it got so big.