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2007

By 2007, it had grown to an impressive 1.2 million members, 70% of which were between the ages of 12 and 17.

Tumblr and FriendFeed joined the party in 2007.

2008

After its launch and subsequent expansion, Facebook grew quickly, surpassing MySpace in 2008 as the most visited site in the world.

2009

After the sale, MySpace continued to grow, and by 2009 it was generating around $800 million in revenue, making it one of the more profitable social networking sites out there.

2010

Many argue that its deal with Google 2010, which consisted of a $900 million, three-year advertising agreement, overloaded the site with ads and made it difficult to use.

With growing fears over many major social media sites actively editing content on their sites and suppressing certain demographics, alternative social media sites began to appear towards the second half of the 2010s.

2011

Snapchat was launched by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown in September 2011.

In 2011, Friendster was rebranded as a social gaming site that was focused mainly on the gaming community.

It introduced social gaming in 2011.

WeChat first appeared on the scene in 2011.

2012

In 2012, Facebook bought Instagram for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock.

Seeing the potential for the social media platform, Facebook acquired the company in 2012.

2013

Twitter went public in 2013 and was valued at $14.2 billion.

2015

Instagram was launched on October 6, 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. It separated itself from the becoming a smartphone-only app focusing exclusively on photos and video sharing, and by only allowing photos to be framed in a square (a restriction which was lifted in 2015). ‘

Friendster closed its doors in 2015 after a lack of engagement from its members and, "the evolving landscape in our challenging industry".

2016

JuanJuly 26, 2016 at 10:03 amWhile CompuServe was a form of computer networking it was not a part of the Internet, at least initially.

2018

Launched in 2018, Parler describes itself as an unbiased, free-speech social media platform dedicated to protecting its users' rights above all other concerns.

Named after the French "to speak", Parler was created by CEO John Matze in 2018.

2019

In 2019, Gab launched its Dissenter browser extension that lets logged in users make comments on content hosted on other websites.

2020

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