Where It All Began...

Of course, the story of social networking has to start somewhere.  In 2003, a man by the name of Tom Anderson created a social network, and named it Myspace.  I'm sure if you are under the age of 25-30, you, at some point, had an account with Myspace.  Myspace was light the match that started the social networking fire. This site allowed you to interact with people, whether you knew them or not, via the internet.  You no longer had to call them up to talk, you could simply type out a message and send to the desired user.  Also, Myspace was different in that you had your own little space of the internet that you could call your own.  You were able to customize it with different backgrounds, your favorite songs, and your favorite bathroom mirror picture.  Myspace took the world by storm, especially the younger part of the world.  There were millions of users, with the 100 millionth user joining in August of 2006.  By late 2007, Myspace was deemed as the leading social networking site.  However, many technical glitches & the creation of an even bigger social networking monster, Facebook, led to the demise of this network.  If you had an account on Myspace, you may remember how slowly your computer moved while visiting the site.  Problems like this drove many away from the site, but even today, there are still millions of users around the world, hoping to socialize with friends, old and new. Although, Myspace is viewed by many as a thing of the past, it is still very important to mention in the history of social networking, as it is the site that started it all.

Here is a clip of Tom Anderson speaking on his newfound success about 3 years ago:

Stay tuned for the story of Facebook, the social network that really changed everything...