Evolution of Social Media

    Social Media has become an important part of our lives and it is having an impact on our daily lives. With the Evolution of Social Media every day, we are being connected to new technology. Today we are going to see how this Social Media evolved.

    Before Social Media came into existence, we used to communicate with each other through written correspondence. It has now been replaced by Social Media. Social Media has become a part of our daily routine.

First Way of sending information.

    The Telegraph was invented in 1972. The use of the telegraph to convey news and messages began during this period.

    It was possible to send short messages using the telegraph. It became a revolutionary way of conveying news and information.

First Social Media Site.

    The first social media site, Six Degrees.com, was created in 1997 by Andrew Weinreich. This allows users to upload their profile and connect with other users. Millions of users started using it shortly after it was launched.

Six Degrees was launched in 1997 and registered about 3,500,000 users. In 1999, Youth Stream Media Networks bought Six Degrees for $125 million. It was officially launched in 1997, and it lasted until about 2001.

Types of Social Media

    Seeing the popularity and power of Social Media Channels, businesses and marketers look for different types of Social Media networks that they can use to target and convert their audiences. General people are only aware of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram sorts of social channels.

Social Networks: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin

Media Sharing Networks: Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube Discussion Forums: Reddit, Quora, Digg Bookmarking & Content Curation Networks: Pinterest, Flipboard

Trending Social Media platforms

    With the increasing use of the internet, the use of social media is also increasing. Let's take a look at some of the social media platforms that have become a part of the life of the common man.

Facebook:

Facebook is an American company that provides social networking services. Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook on February 4, 2004, along with his roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

    Facebook is the most used social media in the world.  Fakebook has 1.69 billion monthly active users. Facebook has bought WhatsApp and Instagram.

Users of Facebook 

Features of Facebook

✅News Feed ✅Friends

✅Wall

✅Timeline

✅Like and Reactions

✅Comments

✅Message and Inbox

Instagram

Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service. In October 2010, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched the iOS version of Instagram. In 2012, the Android version of Instagram was launched. 

    Instagram allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographic tagging. By 2020, 26.9 billion users have joined the Instagram platform. 

Features of Instagram 

✅Photographic Filters

✅Hashtags

✅Instagram Direct

✅Instagram Stories

    Instagram has become a key fixture of Facebook's growth. Facebook bought the photo-sharing start-up for $1 billion in 2012, paying what seemed like a shocking sum of $1 billion for a company with 13 employees at the time.

WhatsApp

    Former Yahoo employees Brian Acton and Jan Koum left Yahoo in 2007. Brian Acton and Jan Koum launched WhatsApp in 2009. Brian Acton and Jan Koum once applied for a job on Facebook but were rejected.

Features of Whatsapp

✅Text messaging

✅Document sharing

✅Voice/Audio sharing

✅Voice call

✅Video call

✅Location Sharing

✅WhatsApp Status

    WhatsApp has 2.7 billion users worldwide. WhatsApp has the most users in India. 340 million active users of WhatsApp are in India. Facebook bought WhatsApp for $ 16 billion in 2014.

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