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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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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. But Twitter’s significance was really defined by the hashtag , a symbol that’s helped political organizers and average citizens mobilize, promote, and create awareness.

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Five Social Channels You May Not Know About

Ignite Social Media

The microblogging site launched in August of 2009 and as of May 2017 had 340 million active monthly users. An article by BBC.com states that 154 million people use it daily with 91% of whom access it via mobile. That’s a pretty big deal right?

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It feels like every day there’s a new post about Plurk, Twitter, or some new micro-blogging platform. Most of these platforms are too young to be killing anything, and are generally unfinished. That’s why I’m announcing Plutter Kite, the official roadmap for the best micro-blogging platform. Thank you for that!

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Social Media Citizens Hate BP + 4 Other Social Media News Items

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Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed By Ben Parr In an effort to bypass the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout of t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links.

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Benefits of Online Reputation Management - Social Media

Social Media Network Marketing

Microblogs e.g. Twitter. If social media marketing is used correctly it can give a platform for brand awareness, exposure, networking, and a huge boost in traffic & sales. microblogging-sites August 25, 2010 4:56 PM Pervara Kapadia said. Unported License. Blogs created and managed. Great Site! Thanks for sharing.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The site does not resolve on smart-phone browsers, and if they sell products online, their e-commerce platform has no social functionality (no review functionality, no commenting functionality, etc). And the more intricate your external efforts become, the more social, mobile, and interactive your website must become.