The origins of Social Media: from Facebook's first post to Instagram's humble beginnings

Published July 1st, 2024 - 08:17 GMT
The origins of Social Media: from Facebook's first post to Instagram's humble beginnings
First ever social media posts remembered. (Shutterstock)

ALBAWABA - The world celebrates World Social Media Day, which falls on June 30 of each year, and was first celebrated through the Mashable global blog to raise awareness about the different social media platforms and their growing influence on people day by day.

The first post in the history of Facebook:

The first post in the history of the social networking site Facebook dates back to 2004, by its owner Mark Zuckerberg, who aspired at the time to have a site that would bring together his university colleagues in one place, but it expanded to become what it is now. The first action taken on the social networking site was to post a picture of Mark himself.

 

The first post in the history of YouTube:

In 2005, the first video clip in the history of the famous video site YouTube was released, titled "Me at the zoo," and it did not exceed 19 seconds on the YouTube site, as the beginnings of the YouTube site were an idea born for a dating site.

The first tweet in the history of Twitter:

On March 21, 2006 - 14 years ago - the first tweet in the world was posted on the famous Twitter site. This tweet was posted by Twitter's founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey: "Just setting up my twttr," indicating the start of the Twitter site by setting up its own settings.

The first post in the history of Instagram:

In 2010, a Picture of a dog was the launch of the largest photo and video platform in the history of social media sites, Instagram, which was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger before they left and merged it to become part of Facebook, where the story began with a dog picture.

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