From the Heartland | Social media

From the Heartland - Social media

Since the founding of the Internet, social sites have become increasing ingrained in our daily lives. The early years saw CompuServe evolve from a business-orientated communciation tool to one that members could emails to each other, join discussion forums and have true interaction. Next was AOL (America Online), you remember those annoying CDs that were stuffed in every computer magazine or mailed out them. For those that joined it was what they thought was the internet. It developed the idea of communities and sharing personal information. There were others but that was about to change with Classmates.com. Although not a true social site it paved the way for the wave of newcomers about to launch. Enter the modern-era of social.

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With the dawn of a new century, social begen as we know it today. A website, Friendster, developed the idea of friends, but would ultimately drop social and become a online gaming service. They laid the groundwork for those who were to follow. Remember MySpace, the social targeted the young demographic with a feature-filled site. Around the same time, LinkedIn launched aimed at the business professional. A few years later the 800-lb gorrilla was opened to the public, Facebook. Around the same time, Twitter made its debut with its minimalist approach to communication. There are others but I want to concentrate of Facebook and Twitter.

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