In recent years, social networking has become an important part for us to update information, help businesses reach potential customers.
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| Opening of the social network era is Classmates . Launched in 1995, this website allows you to create a profile and make friends, each attracting up to 50 million users. After being sold to United Online in 2004 and experiencing many scandals, the number of Classmates users has decreased significantly. Currently the only feature of Classmates is high school friend finder, only for US users. Photo: Geek Wire . |
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| Also considered the “ancestor” of social networking, Six Degrees only existed from 1997 to 2001 with about 3.5 million users. The main feature of the website is to send and receive messages, each with a personal page for others to post. Photo: Buffer . |
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| Before LinkedIn was born, Ryze was a social network for businesses. Launched in 2001, Ryze’s features include creating a profile, making friends and sending messages. Despite announcing over one million users, Ryze has never been a huge buzz. Photo: CBS News . |
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| Ryze inspired Jonathan Abrams to create Friendster in 2002. The platform allows users to customize their profile, upload photos, and then share with friends. In its heyday, Friendster was also a dating site, blogging. In the face of stiff competition, Friendster turned into a gaming platform in 2011. However, the explosion of social networks made Friendster discontinue the service in 2015, before completely closing in 2018. Photo: Internet Archive . |
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| It’s been 18 years since its launch, LinkedIn is still the leading social network for businesses that need to hire and those looking for work. In 2016, Microsoft acquired LinkedIn. As of June 2019, the platform has more than 630 million users in 150 countries. Photo: Contentbuket . |
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| Launched in 2003, MySpace quickly attracted users with the ability to customize a diverse profile, allowing sharing photos, music and videos, and is the “garrison” of the band Arctic Monkeys. In 2006, MySpace was the most visited website in the world, valued at $ 12 billion in 2007. Now the appeal of MySpace is no longer the same. In April 2019, the platform admitted that more than 50 million songs uploaded between 2003 and 2015 were lost due to a server crash. Photo: Failed Networked Collaborations . |
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| Launched in 2004, hi5 is a social network that attracts many users from Latin America, Tunisia, Romania and Mongolia. In 2007, hi5 was the second most visited social network after MySpace. This is the first platform to integrate security features, allowing users to publicly display profiles or limit the visibility of objects. In 2011, Tagged acquired hi5. Photo: Office Chai . |
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| Not Google+, Orkut is the first social network of Google when it launched in January 2004, before Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook. Although it debuted very early, Orkut did not attract users and was killed early. Photo: Vox . |
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| No stranger to us, Facebook is currently the most popular social network in the world. First launched in 2004, the website became popular when it opened for people to register to use in September 2006. As of December 2019, Facebook has a total of 2.5 billion monthly users. The parent company of the same name also owns Instagram and WhatsApp. The success of Facebook makes founder Mark Zuckerberg the 8th richest person in the world, with a fortune of $ 62.3 billion . Photo: Facebook . |
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| Launched in 2005, Yahoo! 360 is considered the challenger of the throne of Facebook. Like Orkut, users can only sign up for Yahoo! 360 if invited by others. This platform allows creating a personal profile, posting a blog, integrating many services such as Flickr, Yahoo Music, Yahoo Messenger … The movement to use Yahoo! 360 has been booming in Vietnam since 2006 when many people blogged and shared diaries on this platform. However, it only lasted for 4 years before being closed in July 2009. Photo: CBS . |
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| Launched in July 2005, Bebo is the preferred platform for its intuitive, easy-to-use interface. By 2008, the platform had more than 34 million users and was considered a formidable rival of Facebook. However, after being sold to AOL for $ 850 million , Bebo’s fate sank into darkness. In June 2010, Bebo was sold for less than $ 10 million when it was no longer competitive with Facebook. Photo: DailyMail . |
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| In the context of Facebook dominating social networking platforms, Google+ was launched in June 2011. With features similar to Facebook, the advantage of Google+ is the integration of a range of services such as Hangouts, Google Drive or YouTube. In October 2018, Google+ experienced a critical error that leaked the data of half a million users. On April 2, 2019, Google+ officially stopped working, which was anticipated because Google+ could not entice users to create a buzz like Facebook or Instagram. Photo: The Next Web . |