Social Media: From Then to Now
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By Kyler Van Vliet
Social media consumes everyday life, especially with most people stuck in the house all day, away from friends and family. According to We Are Social, close to 4 billion people are using multiple social media platforms for an average of 2 hours and 24 minutes per day during this pandemic.
This love of connecting with friends and strangers over the internet started in 1997 with the historic website, SixDegrees.com. The site was the first of many in which users could set up a profile page, create lists of connections and send messages within networks. The site amassed around a million users before its fall in the year 2000.
Over the next three years, online sites such as Friendster and Myspace came along and set the blueprint for the future of so...