The History of Social Media

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  • @bEbas254
    @bEbas254 5 років тому +9

    Linus I really love this channel, always covering my most curious topics. All the time I receive a notification of a new video I'm like, *"That's just about what I wanted to watch next!"* . Thank you...

  • @ricksevans
    @ricksevans 6 років тому +13

    Twitter introduced hashtags? NOT! "The pound sign was adopted for use within IRC networks circa 1988 to label groups and topics. Channels or topics that are available across an entire IRC network are prefixed with a hash symbol # (as opposed to those local to a server, which use an ampersand '&')." -- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag

    • @JasonGroom
      @JasonGroom 6 років тому +4

      Rick Evans beat me to the punch. My guess is the guys are LTT are too young to remember those days.

  • @KaranDeshmukh
    @KaranDeshmukh 6 років тому +13

    Linus forgot to mention Orkut, which was huge in Brazil & India. In 2009, it had nearly 30 million users while Facebook had just 4.2 million. It was acquired by Google; so, in a way, it was their first ever social network.

  • @LodanSD
    @LodanSD 6 років тому +2

    Also early on in the Internet era, there were people creating Angelfire pages and Geocities pages, I went with a less popular Homestead page, but Homestead still exists to this day, but no longer seems to offer a Trial membership, but early Trial members were grandfathered in, and still retain their limited membership tier. Of course now I just use my homestead site as a custom start page with several button links that I recustomize every few months, sort of a Visual Bookmarks page that pops up everytime I open the browser or go 'home'.

  • @9wattcat
    @9wattcat 6 років тому +258

    What's Google Plus?

    • @Illiyeen_Jameel
      @Illiyeen_Jameel 6 років тому +11

      :)

    • @topgear2283
      @topgear2283 6 років тому +7

      Google’s social network that has most Google accounts on it (if not all Google accounts)

    • @jmonsted
      @jmonsted 6 років тому +33

      It's what google forced you to get an account on to comment on youtube.

    • @edmondtrunbull8522
      @edmondtrunbull8522 6 років тому +11

      It's the world's largest social network.

    • @elsandosgrande
      @elsandosgrande 6 років тому +1

      Poor thing. I'm 15 and I use it, so you must be really young.

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein1004 6 років тому +4

    I was actually introduced to social media via hi5, which was very popular in my school back in 2007/8. Most people didn't have internet connections back then, myself included, and so I gave my password to a friend who did. To you know, use it occasionally. Damn I feel so old.

  • @OmegaJazz
    @OmegaJazz 6 років тому +95

    What is Bus Speed and Memory Bus in GPU? NEXT Techquickie Please..

  • @adithiyrnair648
    @adithiyrnair648 6 років тому +32

    what about orkut

    • @iFreshCrispy
      @iFreshCrispy 6 років тому +1

      I'm sure if he forgot about Google +, he sure as hell forgot about orkut

  • @imaaron7550
    @imaaron7550 6 років тому +352

    Sponsored by Mcafee 😁✌

  • @Pompelmo
    @Pompelmo 6 років тому

    i love linus

  • @nicklane4490
    @nicklane4490 6 років тому +4

    Linus, PLEASE, do more videos like THIS! So much better than most of your click-baity videos...

  • @darkionx
    @darkionx 6 років тому +5

    RIP Tunnelbear

  • @extremosdeloscasosquese3970
    @extremosdeloscasosquese3970 6 років тому +27

    Am i the only one here that doesnt use facebook? And just use youtube and whatsapp to talk with my family and some close friends?

    • @CaptainGod3
      @CaptainGod3 6 років тому +2

      I do bro ! Left Facebook about 6 years ago

    • @B----------------------------D
      @B----------------------------D 6 років тому +1

      I have accounts on almost all social medias but use none.

    • @jacquelinevasileva8446
      @jacquelinevasileva8446 5 років тому

      Its the same with me but i have email for work too

    • @stef2797
      @stef2797 4 роки тому

      naa..mate i don't use facebook, twitter or any social network, got it all blocked as well as the ads, lucky if i see facebook icons on a web page

    • @jajam.999
      @jajam.999 3 роки тому

      I stopped i think at the end of 2017

  • @raunak6292
    @raunak6292 6 років тому

    Thank you for comming back linus

  • @Jackrodder
    @Jackrodder 6 років тому +3

    There was a social media site in Hungary, way before Facebook or Twitter was born, named IWIW.
    It had almost half of the features that today's social media sites use. Messages, posts on other people, clubs (groups), timeline etc.
    Sadly, site had to be closed after literally every user left to Facebook. I saw as my Friends deleted their accounts, and over a week there was none.
    RIP IWIW

  • @nozrep
    @nozrep 6 років тому

    my first social media account was xanga back in the day. the year 2003!!!! just before i graduated from highschool. it was basically just a simple extenstion of all our high school trash talking of each other, combined with a blog, combined with the ability to post pictures and stuff

  • @eknoorsinghM
    @eknoorsinghM 6 років тому +7

    So no mention of Orkut?

  • @TheFinkage
    @TheFinkage 5 років тому

    wow, been a huge fan of LMG for a while now and i just got sent to this old video for a class for an assignment on the history of social media. GJ guys.

  • @phs125
    @phs125 6 років тому +10

    Facebook didn't come to India till 2011
    We used to use Orkut.

  • @KeppyKep
    @KeppyKep 6 років тому

    You were starting to wrap up and I was about to comment that you forgot the Google one I can't even remember the name of now. Then you chucked it in. Nice

  • @kips1
    @kips1 6 років тому +52

    R.I.P Tunnel bear

    • @ArmandoBlue
      @ArmandoBlue 6 років тому +1

      What happened?

    • @turgsh01
      @turgsh01 6 років тому

      TunnelBear sucked anyways.

    • @kips1
      @kips1 6 років тому +2

      basically TunnelBear got a Lawsuit of 200 million $ on there hands for using images of copyrighted material on their website, so they cut ties with many advertisers like Linus Media Group until they get this sorted out

    • @pciev
      @pciev 6 років тому

      Tunnebear was acquired by McAfee.

  • @pedecedro
    @pedecedro 6 років тому +65

    how about orkut?

    • @leobitencourt4719
      @leobitencourt4719 6 років тому

      Was it famous internationally? In the country I live it was, but now that they didn't mention it, I wonder if it was famous in America

    • @James.Stark.Ben.Edition
      @James.Stark.Ben.Edition 6 років тому

      Léo Bitencourt yes, it was. I don't live in America but my relatives do.

    • @alansilva803
      @alansilva803 6 років тому +7

      Orkut wasn't too big in North America.
      Orkut's user-base was bigger in Brazil and India.

    • @gfjfjufidi2880
      @gfjfjufidi2880 6 років тому

      Fabio Michelete wtf is an orkut

  • @Ar7ific1al
    @Ar7ific1al 6 років тому +5

    My god, I remember the "web design" of the late 90s, early- and mid-2000s. The embedded midi tunes that play automatically with no way to shut it up other than to unplug your speakers in fury. The rapidly sparkling gif backgrounds. The gaudy borders around every single element on the web page. I'm so glad we've outgrown all that garbage.

  • @auralynn3862
    @auralynn3862 6 років тому +2

    "Fora"? That's a first! Learned something new today. o.O

  • @Imtusharbhanot
    @Imtusharbhanot 6 років тому +57

    How could you forget "Orkut"

    • @hirenratra
      @hirenratra 6 років тому +1

      bcz orkut was not famous in NA ,.,,, who cares about other countries...

    • @Imtusharbhanot
      @Imtusharbhanot 6 років тому +1

      hiren ratra 51%people of US used orkut in 2004 according to wikipedia....i dont know where were you at that time

    • @alansilva803
      @alansilva803 6 років тому +2

      Tushar, that was in 2004, the year when Orkut was created.
      It was designed to be used in the US, it was created in the US, of course most of it's user-base was in the US .

    • @alansilva803
      @alansilva803 6 років тому +1

      But that changed quickly in the following years

  • @bkandfries8030
    @bkandfries8030 6 років тому

    Techquicke mini series on networking, please!

  • @TheThagenesis
    @TheThagenesis 6 років тому +10

    well, Linus is pretty young...

  • @eysank
    @eysank 6 років тому +1

    Great research and overall video!

  • @BarakaPlay
    @BarakaPlay 6 років тому +14

    Lol what about Bebo

  • @Tatosgr
    @Tatosgr 6 років тому +2

    You forgot Google Wave. It was way ahead of it's time.

  • @TheFourthWinchester
    @TheFourthWinchester 6 років тому +21

    Orkut was huge back in the day when I was in school actually. Facebook came much later among the people here.
    Also, Facebook was created to rate girls on their hotness quotient which is a complete asshole move.

    • @Wastefuldragon
      @Wastefuldragon 6 років тому

      TheFourthWinchester That was facemash that ur talking about not Facebook

    • @M4TTYN
      @M4TTYN 6 років тому +3

      s/o to the SocialNetwork movie lol

    • @igor.oliveira
      @igor.oliveira 6 років тому +1

      Orkut was the most used by far here in Brazil. After about 2010 Facebook took its place.

  • @AndySomething
    @AndySomething 6 років тому

    I grew up in the UK. Nobody really used myspace here; it was all about bebo & msn at the time. I was born in 92.

  • @technoholic5189
    @technoholic5189 6 років тому +5

    RIP TUNNEL BEAR

  • @TheBrotherHolmes
    @TheBrotherHolmes 6 років тому +1

    You joked about Google Plus, but you didn't even joke about Orkut.

  • @DatOneGuy901
    @DatOneGuy901 6 років тому +4

    i miss myspace...i had a kick ass page..i was an HTML master

  • @raymontus
    @raymontus 6 років тому +2

    Msn live was what I whittled all of my high school years away on with IM

  • @PrabhjotSinghTech
    @PrabhjotSinghTech 6 років тому +5

    Social media’s History is available on Facebook to Download 😂😂😂

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Рік тому

    Wow! This is amazing! ❤

  • @DeanJayJackmanJr
    @DeanJayJackmanJr 6 років тому +9

    Umm... Xanga?

  • @Hollowdude15
    @Hollowdude15 9 місяців тому

    Great video Techquickie and so that is the history of social media :]

  • @Discovermax
    @Discovermax 6 років тому +5

    what about orkut!?!?

  • @Yazaku
    @Yazaku 6 років тому

    In Finland we had the site called IRC-Galleria, and in here it was most popular social media till facebook came. it was open for public in 2000 and I think it's still running but not sure.

  • @dnzssrl
    @dnzssrl 6 років тому +14

    When you just expect Tunnel Bear.........

  • @1dareu2mov3
    @1dareu2mov3 6 років тому +1

    I’m surprised that there was no mention of the recent Facebook scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. After all, the outcome of this scandal could definitely change the landscape of social media. (And that’s not to mention how people involved in the founding of many social media sites have come out against using social media.)

  • @TeamRespawn
    @TeamRespawn 6 років тому +6

    That google plus joke was hilarious

    • @saoz3
      @saoz3 6 років тому

      hahahab i know righd xsd

  • @nicolegreene5381
    @nicolegreene5381 5 років тому

    Such an interesting video, thank you for sharing!

  • @jesjack55
    @jesjack55 6 років тому +3

    What about Orkut by google

  • @quentinwilliams6760
    @quentinwilliams6760 2 роки тому

    im in class and working and i love yo vids

  • @THEoriginalxSKATE369
    @THEoriginalxSKATE369 6 років тому +3

    Does anyone remember myyearbook? I think I used that before I went to myspace.

  • @rossharper1983
    @rossharper1983 6 років тому

    I've been on the net since 1996, and have seen all the ones you mentioned

  • @prasundas59
    @prasundas59 6 років тому +3

    What about orkut by Google?

    • @snowflakeman6000
      @snowflakeman6000 6 років тому

      Prasun Das didn't it close??

    • @prasundas59
      @prasundas59 6 років тому +2

      Rishi Kataria might be but so did that friendster... Also they in a passing mentioned g+ which was Google's second attempt at social network...

  • @susantamanna6862
    @susantamanna6862 6 років тому +1

    So where's the 2 mil special techquickie

  • @MasterVycen
    @MasterVycen 6 років тому +10

    Wasn't facebook originally a site to check out girls on campus?

    • @alepharcane99
      @alepharcane99 6 років тому +9

      That was facesmash, from same founders though!

    • @James.Stark.Ben.Edition
      @James.Stark.Ben.Edition 6 років тому

      Patrick B seems like someone has seen the social network. Also, that was called something different. Not Facebook. It had a face in it but I don't remember the rest

    • @charlotteice5704
      @charlotteice5704 6 років тому

      Patrick B campus-wide student directory is a fancy word for it.

    • @JasonGroom
      @JasonGroom 6 років тому +1

      The original application was basically a hot or not application for Harvard girls. It was not truly delving into what we would consider Social Media until it became "The Facebook".

  • @kalark
    @kalark 6 років тому

    That polysics nod during the MySpace segment makes me happy

  • @DrearierSpider1
    @DrearierSpider1 6 років тому +118

    Should've titled this "Cancer - As Fast As Possible"

  • @mrgtmodernretrogamingtech6891
    @mrgtmodernretrogamingtech6891 6 років тому

    ...
    "Internet kahit saan?", ah, those days of Friendster here in Philippines... Thanks Linus for this Tech Info and Trip To Memory Lane... =)

  • @physicalanish
    @physicalanish 6 років тому +14

    OUR LTT COMMUNITY HUMBLY WELCOMES PIA.

  • @James.Stark.Ben.Edition
    @James.Stark.Ben.Edition 6 років тому +1

    I'm not on any social media. I think it's stupid. If you wanna talk to me, call me. If you're in a place you can't talk, that's what messaging is for. The only thing I can understand social networking for is sharing photos and videos which you can do with a few media apps.

  • @TheHoaxHotel
    @TheHoaxHotel 6 років тому +81

    LinkedIn doesn't actually exist in any sort of reality.

    • @commandohazelnuts
      @commandohazelnuts 6 років тому

      Hi. I just subbed because your name looked cool. Now I found a new content maker to watch.

    • @tongwang653
      @tongwang653 6 років тому +1

      The Hoax Hotel LinkedIn??

  • @martinbergman6066
    @martinbergman6066 6 років тому

    LunarStorm/StajlPlejs was first and it was super big in late 90s in Scaninavia since they were first with the digital wave

  • @razvanafloarei6256
    @razvanafloarei6256 6 років тому +3

    I think Mark disliked this video.

  • @Aftabkhan_7
    @Aftabkhan_7 6 років тому

    I love techquikie

  • @aakashgupta2711
    @aakashgupta2711 6 років тому +4

    orkut?

  • @NegativeROG
    @NegativeROG 6 місяців тому

    This needs to be updated. Seriously. This is like using a history book written in 10 B.C.

  • @1mfilms
    @1mfilms 6 років тому +6

    My experience with each...
    Friendster = great idea, site was damn slow though
    MySpace = user pages were annoying to visit with a hundred customizations each
    Facebook = nothing was that "innovative" about it but they made social networking clean and not annoying and have since added innovative features
    Linkedin = the social network everyone has but never uses
    Twitter = only useful because EVERY celeb and company uses it but I have no desire to tweet or follow my friend's tweets
    Google+ = tried it for a week but Google has given us no reason to use it instead of FB

  • @KShahzad
    @KShahzad 6 років тому

    And there was orkut as well. And it was pretty popular for a while.

  • @doxfie.
    @doxfie. 6 років тому +124

    history of cancer

  • @Zoukos23
    @Zoukos23 6 років тому

    3:49 *Hey look, it's lizard boi!*

  • @saurabhsingh5579
    @saurabhsingh5579 6 років тому +3

    Orkut? Anyone? 😏

  • @AyushBakshi
    @AyushBakshi 6 років тому

    I like longer Techquickie videos. Better than rushed short videos.

  • @SuperAtheist
    @SuperAtheist 6 років тому +2

    I remembered Friendster & Myspace but completely forgot about G+
    .

  • @anelablanchard7720
    @anelablanchard7720 3 роки тому

    I remember when AOL have those weird chat rooms. That's where I started my first social media

  • @Wtdtd
    @Wtdtd 6 років тому +13

    I don't do social media. Nothing beats person-to-person contact!

  • @MichaelSodapop
    @MichaelSodapop 6 років тому +1

    If Facebook would at least let users change their background colors & font style of your entire page I might be tempted to make an account again.

  • @foxpup
    @foxpup 6 років тому +49

    We need a social media system that is every bit as usable as facebook but without censorship or data-mining potential. I see crypto/blockchain being involved.

    • @jaixor6566
      @jaixor6566 6 років тому +3

      foxpup How will it make money?

    • @Gaber820
      @Gaber820 6 років тому

      Jaixor blockchain is essentially just a way of securing decentralizing data. This way not just one person, or group of people; can control it.

    • @TheBodgybrothers
      @TheBodgybrothers 6 років тому +1

      Steemit

    • @SuviTuuliAllan
      @SuviTuuliAllan 6 років тому +1

      Steemit sucks and I was basically like the only communist there anyway.

    • @rikimaru749
      @rikimaru749 6 років тому +1

      Then you can use Diaspora.

  • @MarcosMendezJ
    @MarcosMendezJ 6 років тому +1

    Put that on your Myspace!!

  • @gustasauksciunas1516
    @gustasauksciunas1516 6 років тому +6

    yeeet

  • @jakobsalter
    @jakobsalter 4 роки тому

    Great Video

  • @MrRahul10sep
    @MrRahul10sep 6 років тому

    Great video 😃

  • @ashkatch
    @ashkatch 6 років тому

    I was not expecting that diss

  • @all_the_moga
    @all_the_moga 6 років тому

    That's cold, Linus 8:32

  • @MeganChan
    @MeganChan 5 років тому +1

    is six degress related to the six degrees of separation?
    I'm actually about to do a school project on Six Degrees!

  • @Kos115
    @Kos115 6 років тому +1

    did Xanga not make it to Canada?

  • @Fuzzi999
    @Fuzzi999 6 років тому +1

    What about Bebo? We used that between MySpace and Facebook

  • @hkoizumi3134
    @hkoizumi3134 6 років тому

    Dang... I'm older than Linus. I got into PC before Linus and more likely I have build my first PC before Linus. And yet he knows more about PC than I would ever know lol

  • @Blancher42
    @Blancher42 2 місяці тому

    tech quickie made me have a quickie

  • @Yngdady
    @Yngdady 6 років тому +1

    You forgot Tagged and Bebo

  • @shamikmukherjee2937
    @shamikmukherjee2937 6 років тому +2

    How can you forget Orkut? It was one of the most used social network during the 2000's

    • @arthurpendragon8192
      @arthurpendragon8192 6 років тому

      bump...never heard of orkut until now.....barely heard of friendster in name. really only heard of and used myspace for games and facebook until it went down the drain so quickly and turned into a trash heap of ads and unecessary shit.

  • @joriksonneveld
    @joriksonneveld 6 років тому +1

    was Hyves not popular in the USA and Canada?

  • @Tpavra
    @Tpavra 6 років тому

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Friends Reunited!

  • @nicoshoot94
    @nicoshoot94 6 років тому

    Thanks! Very interesting :)

  • @charlotteice5704
    @charlotteice5704 6 років тому

    Our English school book (Green Line 5) was written in the 2000s and there is the topic social media. And they're talking about mySpace! Most of us have never heard of it. But fortunately, they did mention UA-cam. Whilst talking about someone called CharliesVideoBlog and a really old video of his that has gone viral. We can't relate, although this was meant to make it more relatable. I still remember images of people surfing on keyboards being shown in relation to the internet because you're SURFING using a keyBOARD but it has gotten lame. I try to avoid using "surfing" when talking about browsing the web because it sound so old and lame.

  • @AlyssaMcNeil
    @AlyssaMcNeil 6 років тому +1

    Honestly, the hate towards Google+ it's so annoying.
    I used Google+ in the past more than I used facebook or any other social media, so screw you for saying I forget it too, there's tons of people still using G+ today.

  • @zzyzx0069
    @zzyzx0069 6 років тому

    That Google + pun is savage!!!

  • @jaykstah
    @jaykstah 6 років тому

    That wasn't very quick.
    JK. Great video. Super interesting stuff as always!

  • @kingzach74
    @kingzach74 6 років тому

    Honestly, I really miss the way hangouts used to be. How you could send text messages from your browser and from your phone using your phone number and see live updates of a person on the other end seeing and responding to your text messages.
    Guess we are stuck with facebook messenger...

  • @astronautonroad1
    @astronautonroad1 6 років тому +1

    You didnt even mention ORKUT !!!

  • @WeddingStoriesByRakesh
    @WeddingStoriesByRakesh 6 років тому +2

    What about Orkut?
    It was the biggest thing here before FB

  • @LodanSD
    @LodanSD 6 років тому

    I don't get into Facebook, I don't get into Twitter, but I do share stories and videos to people on Discord servers...
    I have a Twitter account, maybe like 1-4 total tweets... I rarely ever hit the Thumbs down/up button on a video unless I really liked or disliked it, I rarely ever comment on a video unless I have something I need to say (never say first even if I am first to comment), I'm guilty of "Necro-ing" forum posts while adding useful information to the thread, and I only leave reviews for stuff if I feel I need to say something really good or really bad about it.

  • @BaronVonQuiply
    @BaronVonQuiply 6 років тому

    Google, plus what, Linus? Don't leave us hanging!