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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006. I may have opened a MySpace account when it was still the talk of the digital town. This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

My first profile was on Myspace , my first friend was “Tom from Myspace,” and my first post was something like, “Myspace is awesome!” Going “Viral” How many of you have sat around with friends or family and binge-watched several classic YouTube videos in a row? I know I have!

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Hot or Not is rumored to have influenced the creators of Facebook and YouTube and nurtured millions of insecurities. Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace.

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Hawaii Business: How the Social Media Workshop Can Help You

Bare Feet Studios

It encompasses other buzzwords and concepts you may have heard, from social networks like FaceBook , LinkedIn , and MySpace , to conversational marketing, web 2.0, internet TV and YouTube , blogging, Twitter , etc. This is the term that describes both the content and the functionality that have taken over the internet at this time.

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BMJ blogs " Blog Archive " Richard Smith: Get with Web 2.0 or become yesterday's person

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Google, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook are all incredibly young organisations. Wikipedia is undeniably an incredible ‘citizen created’ resource, yet the ongoing soap opera amongst the inner circle who control it is reminiscent of Lord of the Flies. August 2007. April 2007. March 2007. February 2007. January 2007. December 2006.

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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Before that, you have to dictate it to someone else I did some research with LMU (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany) back in 2005, about older people and modern technology and new forms of learning. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Answers Yahoo!

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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. So, I peeked at YouTube. 213 videos on YouTube , the most recent just five days ago.