10 Things you didn’t know about Social Media

#1The first social networking

site in Internet history entered the scene in 1997. It

was called Six Degrees. However, the site ultimately

flopped in 2001.

The first prominent social network was called Friends Reunited, a British site that helped users find old school pals. It was founded in 1999 and launched publicly a year

later.

#2

Friendster, an American social networking site, was

opened to the public in 2002. Facebook would eventually

be referred to as the "Friendster" for college

students.

#3

 LinkedIn was started the same year as MySpace in

2003.

#4

 The reason the Facebook logo is blue is because

founder Mark Zuckerberg is red-green color blind and blue stands out the

most.

#5

 Around 350 million photos are uploaded to

Facebook every day, accounting for 4% of all

photos ever taken.

#6

 FriendStalker was an early name for Twitter.

#7

 Election Day 2012 was the most tweeted about

event in U.S. political history with 37.7 million

tweets.

#8

 Nearly 90% of Facebook users reside outside the

U.S.

#9

YouTube reaches more U.S. adults in the 18-34 age bracket than any

cable network.

#10

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