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A timeline of the social media happenings of 2011
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A Social Media Timeline for 2011 by @saidwotORM and @Etta_Howell
Japanese Twitter users set a new record on New Year's
Eve, sending an all-time high of 6,939 tweets per second immediately after midnight
Twitter launches new desktop app
for Mac
Facebook rolls out new profile look
YouTube launches new homepage.
Egyptian revolution is started and
spread via social media
An Egyptian baby is named “Facebook” to celebrate the role that Facebook played in
the Egyptian Revolution
LinkedIn introduces LinkedIn Skills for
profiles
Facebook rolls out new photo viewer
Earthquake in Christchurch
measuring 6.3: updates via social
media
572 000 new Twitter accounts created in a single day, 12 March
LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Today to
deliver news relevant to individual users
Facebook launches new Questions
feature for both profiles and pages
Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Charlie Sheen’s twitter meltdown
FritoLay set a World Record with 1 575 161
Facebook likes in 24 hours
YouTube launches tutorials to
educate users about copyright
Protests and Civil war in Lybia
continues
Twitter launches new search and discovery tools
News of Osama bin Laden’s death generated the highest level of sustained tweets to date, with an average of 6
440 tweets per second
Twitter launches follow button for
websites
Icelandic volcano erupts, resulting in
a flight ban
Foursquare hit 10 million members
Facebook reaches one trillion page views, making it the most
visited Web site in the world
Twitter launches automatic link
shortener.
Google+ launches
Facebook launches video calling and group chat
features, with Skype as their partner.
#OccupyWallStreet is first used
Facebook reaches more than 800
million active users worldwide
Twitter makes promoted tweets
more visible
Google+ becomes the social network to reach 10 mil users fastest (16 days)
Beyonce announces her pregnancy, resulting in 8 869
tweets per second
LinkedIn hit 115.8 million registered
users
Twitter adds activity tabs to help users view
favourites and RTs easily
England riots searched 15.9 million times
online
Twitter reaches 100 million active users logging in per month and 50 million per
day
YouTube adds editing tools
Facebook timeline announced at the F8
conference
Google+ introduces hangouts
Twitter adds photos in text
tweets
Google+ updates posts and picture features
YouTube launches movies feature in
the UK
QR codes used to locate lost pets and
luggage
Klout changes its algorithm that
calculates users’ scores
Google Buzz officially shut
down
Instagram reaches 13 million users, 13 months after it
launched
Google+ launches company pages
YouTube replaces insights with
YouTube analytics
Facebook adds new insights to
pages
Kim Kardashian’s divorce discussed on Twitter and
#ThingsLongerThanKimsMarriage is used
Twitter launches new design
Facebook rolls out timeline to everyone
YouTube rolls out a new design
Twitter launches brand pages
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