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Launch of SixDegrees.com

Interactive and Digital Media Milestones

In 1997, Andrew Weinreich launched SixDegrees.com, letting members build a profile and list connections to friends, family and acquaintances. Media scholars generally treat this as the point where the modern social networking site began, ahead of Friendster (2002), MySpace (2003), LinkedIn (2003) and Facebook (2004).

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Milestone Year
1997 1
When
Andrew Weinreich launched SixDegrees.com in 1997; sources do not give a more specific month or day for the launch. 1
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United States 1
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Additional Source SixDegrees.com, Wikipedia
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1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Social networking service, history section
    This newer generation of social networking sites began to flourish with the emergence of SixDegrees in 1997.
  • In Category: Milestones
  • Associated With: Social Media
  • Credited To: Andrew Weinreich
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SixDegrees.com, Wikipedia
  • SixDegrees.com, overview section
    SixDegrees.com was a social networking service website that started in 1997
  • Credited To: SixDegrees.com
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