In the early seventies of the twentieth century
E-mail and chat programs have proliferated, and forums-like sites have also appeared, through which people now discuss and use online games.
Gradually, these sites were used to communicate between different universities and government agencies to facilitate communication between them, and then communication groups developed to transmit news and varieties.
With the nineties of the twentieth century
Everyone has access to social networking sites Due to appearance Internet “www,” so that people can exchange music and free chats .
SixDegrees.com
Social sites continued to spread, and soon one of them disappeared and another appeared as an alternative to it, but it is reported that the first social networking site was “SixDegrees.com”.
This site was similar to Facebook today, as its members were able to create a profile for them, add friends, and provide a way to communicate between them, and like other sites it collapsed and disappeared.
In the twenty-first century (Facebook)
Especially in “2004” the Facebook platform “Facebook” was launched so that everyone considered it the largest social networking site that brought together many students, alumni and workers.
The development of Facebook at the hands of its creator "Mark Zuckerberg" to include millions of subscribers and made a revolution in the world of social networking.
No other site has been able to compete with it yet, so which fish can overcome a huge whale ?!
LinkedIn
The emergence of Facebook coincided with the spread of the largest job site "Linkedin", which is concerned with providing the opportunity for everyone to view their CV in detail, including capabilities, talents and employment history.
Linkedin made it easy for its members to find many job opportunities and increase the circle of relationships with each person, as the number of its subscribers reached half a billion subscribers at the end of 2018.
YouTube
In April 2005, Javed Karim launched the most famous website that ever revolutionized the media and the press, which is YouTube.
Where the ability to download any number of videos daily and follow the event moment by moment, whether political news or entertainment or social events.
However, the ownership of YouTube did not remain for Javed so long as Google bought the site as a successful investment step.
After one year, YouTube has become a site where 100,000 videos are uploaded daily.
YouTube is a strong and important step in the world of electronic communication, especially as it is one of the most powerful sources of profit from social networking sites.
Twitter
In January "2006" appeared the famous site "Twitter" by the genius programmer "Jack Dorsey" and it was in English only.
Each tweet does not exceed "140 letters", only what suits the speed of the age, the development of the news and the ease of its spread.
The Japanese were very interested in Twitter, so the administration released a Japanese version of the site in 2008.
Six years after its launch, Twitter appeared in the Arabic language to be available to all Arabs to use without hindrance to the language.
Instagram
In “October 2010”, Instagram appeared at the hands of “Kevin Systrom”, as he aimed to invent a site through which everyone could share high-quality photos for free.
After achieving great success for the site, where the number of subscribers reached "150 million subscribers," the Facebook administration bought it for "one billion" US dollars.
Many and many sites have appeared continuously, and to this day new sites appear every day, but not all of these sites can withstand social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Snapchat
In “September 2011 we were dazzled by the huge technological development with this unique“ snap chat ”site, which is concerned with broadcasting photos and videos.
It is worth noting that the duration of these videos and images is "24 hours" only, with no permission to keep.
Unlike many other sites, the inventor of Snapchat refused to sell it to any other site, as Facebook offered him $ 3 billion, while Google offered $ 4 billion to be rejected by the two offers.
The owners of the site developed it to make it available to exchange money with the SnapCash service, and recently the “Avatar” service was introduced, which is one of the types of animation that has met with great demand recently.
The management of this site is keen to provide it with new applications always, which makes it distinct and unique, which made 100 million members use it daily.
