Social media timeline 2011

A Social Media Timeline for 2011 by @saidwotORM and @Etta_Howell

Japanese Twitter users set a new record on New Year's

Eve, sending an all-time high of 6,939 tweets per second immediately after midnight

Twitter launches new desktop app

for Mac

Facebook rolls out new profile look

YouTube launches new homepage.

Egyptian revolution is started and

spread via social media

An Egyptian baby is named “Facebook” to celebrate the role that Facebook played in

the Egyptian Revolution

LinkedIn introduces LinkedIn Skills for

profiles

Facebook rolls out new photo viewer

Earthquake in Christchurch

measuring 6.3: updates via social

media

572 000 new Twitter accounts created in a single day, 12 March

LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Today to

deliver news relevant to individual users

Facebook launches new Questions

feature for both profiles and pages

Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

Charlie Sheen’s twitter meltdown

FritoLay set a World Record with 1 575 161

Facebook likes in 24 hours

YouTube launches tutorials to

educate users about copyright

Protests and Civil war in Lybia

continues

Twitter launches new search and discovery tools

News of Osama bin Laden’s death generated the highest level of sustained tweets to date, with an average of 6

440 tweets per second

Twitter launches follow button for

websites

Icelandic volcano erupts, resulting in

a flight ban

Foursquare hit 10 million members

Facebook reaches one trillion page views, making it the most

visited Web site in the world

Twitter launches automatic link

shortener.

Google+ launches

Facebook launches video calling and group chat

features, with Skype as their partner.

#OccupyWallStreet is first used

Facebook reaches more than 800

million active users worldwide

Twitter makes promoted tweets

more visible

Google+ becomes the social network to reach 10 mil users fastest (16 days)

Beyonce announces her pregnancy, resulting in 8 869

tweets per second

LinkedIn hit 115.8 million registered

users

Twitter adds activity tabs to help users view

favourites and RTs easily

England riots searched 15.9 million times

online

Twitter reaches 100 million active users logging in per month and 50 million per

day

YouTube adds editing tools

Facebook timeline announced at the F8

conference

Google+ introduces hangouts

Twitter adds photos in text

tweets

Google+ updates posts and picture features

YouTube launches movies feature in

the UK

QR codes used to locate lost pets and

luggage

Klout changes its algorithm that

calculates users’ scores

Google Buzz officially shut

down

Instagram reaches 13 million users, 13 months after it

launched

Google+ launches company pages

YouTube replaces insights with

YouTube analytics

Facebook adds new insights to

pages

Kim Kardashian’s divorce discussed on Twitter and

#ThingsLongerThanKimsMarriage is used

Twitter launches new design

Facebook rolls out timeline to everyone

YouTube rolls out a new design

Twitter launches brand pages

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