Browsing through history: How early web platforms shaped social media
With daily life and social media platforms being inseparable in the modern age, it’s easy to forget that a lot of the household names in the social media space today got their start in the last few decades. As International Internet Day rolls around this Thursday (Oct 29), marking the early beginnings of what eventually became the World Wide Web that people know today, perhaps it’s a good time to remember some of the iconic platforms that were once part and parcel of the digital world. The Internet’s story began in the 1950s, when computers were the size of an entire room, and the idea of a nuclear strike seemed a distinct possibility amid the ongoing Cold War. According to the United Kingdom’s National Science and Media Museum, these massive and expensive computers were accessible only through the military or universities. This meant there needed to be a way to share access to this…
