The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments
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APRIL 6, 2023
For example, the PLATO system, developed by the University of Illinois in 1970, had many features of an early social media network but was largely used in academia. So, how old is social media? It depends, but early social media platforms started to pop up in the late 90s to early 2000s, with the technology budding as early as the 70s.
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