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Think you know everything there is to know about social media? Here's 10 facts you probably didn't know...
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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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