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

Buffer Social

Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? My first profile was on Myspace , my first friend was “Tom from Myspace,” and my first post was something like, “Myspace is awesome!” ” The rest is history.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

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. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. As the story goes, Twitter early adopter Chris Messina, proposed the hashtag for organizing tweets.

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A Brief History of Social Media [Infographic]

Oktopost

In 2003, Myspace launched and took off across the web. While younger people were agonizing over their top 8 on Myspace, LinkedIn slowly grew, acquiring just 20 signups per day. 2007 brought the first realistic monetization of social media platforms, with Facebook announcing the launch of the Facebook Ads platform.

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Social Pros 30 – Eric Schwartzman, Social Media Boot Camp

Convince & Convert

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. They did some research around media attention and visibility for social media platforms. The RSS feed is: [link].