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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. Soon after, the term micro-blogging became widely used to describe both Twitter and Tumblr, noting the exchange of ‘small’ amounts of content. and really set the tone for future tweets.

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

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Evan Williams’ (co-founder, Twitter) keynote was so disastrous that an anecdotally estimated 80% of those in the room left before conclusion. Location, Location, Location The biggest story of the event was the widespread usage of presence services foursquare and Gowalla. I’ll write about that soon.