Reddit. Reddit: the front page of the internet. Facebook. Facebook. Twitter. History Creation and initial reaction Twitter's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming session" held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo.
Dorsey, then an undergraduate student at New York University, introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group.[15][16] The original project code name for the service was twttr, an idea that Williams later ascribed to Noah Glass,[17] inspired by Flickr and the five-character length of American SMS short codes. The developers initially considered "10958" as a short code, but later changed it to "40404" for "ease of use and memorability. ...we came across the word 'twitter', and it was just perfect.
The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees[20] and the full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006.[8] With Twitter, it wasn't clear what it was. Reaction at the conference was highly positive. Growth Leadership. Twitter. Tumblr. Tumblr (stylized in its logo as tumblr.) is a microblogging platform and social networking website founded by David Karp and owned by Yahoo!
Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private.[4][5] Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear. As of April 14, 2014, Tumblr hosts over 180.7 million blogs.[2] The company's headquarters is in New York City. Yahoo!
History In early June 2012, Tumblr featured its first major brand advertising campaign in conjunction with Adidas. Sign up. DeviantArt. DeviantArt, LLC (stylized as deviantART;[2] abbreviated as dA) is an online community showcasing various forms of user-made artwork. It was first launched on August 7, 2000 by Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, Angelo Sotira and others. deviantArt, Inc. is headquartered in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States.[3] "Fella," a small, devilesque robotic character, is the official deviantArt mascot.[4] As of March 2013[update], the site consists of over 25 million members, and over 246 million submissions,[5] and receives around 140,000 submissions per day. In addition, deviantArt users submit over 1.4 million "favorites" and 1.5 million comments daily.[6] The domain deviantart.com attracted at least 36 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.[7] As of July 2011, it is the 13th largest social network with 3.8 million weekly visits.[8]
DeviantART: where ART meets application! Wikipedia. For Wikipedia's non-encyclopedic visitor introduction, see Wikipedia:About.
Wikipedia ( i/ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdiə/ or i/ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ WIK-i-PEE-dee-ə) is a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Those who can access the site can edit most of its articles. Editors are expected to follow the website's rules.[6] Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites[5] and constitutes the Internet's largest and most popular general reference work.[7][8][9] Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia on January 15, 2001.
Openness Differences between versions of an article are highlighted as shown. Unlike traditional encyclopedias, Wikipedia follows the procrastination principle[notes 3] regarding the security of its content.[18] It started almost entirely open—anyone could create articles, and any Wikipedia article could be edited by any reader, even those who did not have a Wikipedia account. Restrictions Review of changes Vandalism. Wikipedia. 4chan. 4chan is an English-language imageboard website.
Users generally post anonymously, with the most recent posts appearing above the rest. 4chan is split into various boards with their own specific content and guidelines. Registration is not required, nor is it possible (except for staff). Launched on October 1, 2003, its boards were originally used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime, as the site was modelled on Japanese imageboards. The site quickly became popular and expanded, though much of 4chan's content still features otaku, anime and other Japanese cultural influences. The site has been linked to Internet subcultures and activism, most notably Project Chanology. 4chan users have been responsible for the formation or popularization of Internet memes such as lolcats, Rickrolling, "Chocolate Rain", Pedobear and many others. Background 4chan has been the target of occasional denial of service attacks.
4chan. YouTube. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Newgrounds. Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website and company.
Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal. Tom Fulp remains the site's owner and still regularly produces in-house content. On April 18, 2012 Newgrounds unsuccessfully attempted to push their way into live-action through initiating a Kickstarter project for The Forsaken City.[2] Newgrounds.com — Everything, By Everyone.