Questions & Answers
Browse all 20 questions from the
The Evolution of Social Media study set below.
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1
Which platform is widely considered the first 'social media' site, launching in 1997 with features like profiles and friend lists?
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A
SixDegrees
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B
Friendster
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C
MySpace
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D
LiveJournal
2
In what year did Mark Zuckerberg launch 'TheFacebook' exclusively for Harvard University students?
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A
2002
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B
2003
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C
2004
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D
2005
3
What was the original 140-character limit on Twitter based on?
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A
The length of a standard headline
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B
The constraint of SMS protocols
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C
The average human memory span
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D
The memory limit of early servers
4
Which social media platform, acquired by Google in 2006, was a video-sharing pioneer before YouTube became dominant?
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A
Vimeo
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B
DailyMotion
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C
Google Video
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D
Metacafe
5
What was the primary function of the social media platform 'Bebo' when it launched in 2005?
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A
Professional networking
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B
Real-time blogging
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C
Social networking and multimedia
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D
Business data sharing
6
Before its integration into the Meta ecosystem, Instagram was founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and which other co-founder?
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A
Mike Krieger
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B
Jack Dorsey
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C
Evan Spiegel
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D
Ben Silbermann
7
Which site, founded in 2003, is often cited as the first 'professional' social networking platform?
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A
Xing
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B
LinkedIn
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C
Plaxo
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D
Ryze
8
In 2013, which social media platform introduced the 'Stories' format, which was later adopted by Instagram and Facebook?
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A
Vine
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B
Snapchat
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C
Tumblr
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D
Periscope
9
What was the first video ever uploaded to YouTube in 2005 titled?
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A
Charlie bit my finger
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B
Me at the zoo
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C
Hello World
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D
Evolution of Dance
10
Which platform was originally launched as a 'tasting' app called Burbn before pivoting to photo sharing?
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A
Pinterest
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B
Instagram
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C
VSCO
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D
Flickr
11
The social media platform 'MySpace' reached its peak popularity in which year?
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A
2005
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B
2006
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C
2008
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D
2010
12
Which company purchased the professional networking site LinkedIn for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016?
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A
Salesforce
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B
Microsoft
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C
Oracle
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D
Amazon
13
Tumblr, a microblogging platform known for its 'reblog' feature, was acquired by which company in 2013?
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A
Yahoo!
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B
Google
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C
AOL
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D
Twitter
14
Which platform, known for its 6-second looping videos, was shuttered by Twitter in 2017?
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A
Keek
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B
Vine
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C
MixBit
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D
Tout
15
The social media term 'Hashtag' (#) was first proposed for use on Twitter by which user in 2007?
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A
Chris Messina
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B
Jack Dorsey
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C
Biz Stone
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D
Evan Williams
16
Reddit was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and which other person?
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A
Aaron Swartz
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B
Alexis Ohanian
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C
Paul Graham
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D
Peter Thiel
17
Which photo-sharing platform, launched in 2010, was known for its 'virtual pinboard' aesthetic?
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A
Tumblr
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B
Pinterest
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C
We Heart It
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D
Polyvore
18
In 2011, Google launched a social network intended to compete with Facebook; what was it called?
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A
Google+
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B
Google Buzz
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C
Orkut
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D
Google Friend Connect
19
What was the name of the social networking service launched by Google in 2004 that was particularly popular in Brazil and India?
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A
Google Wave
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B
Orkut
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C
Google Plus
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D
Google Circles
20
Which platform, created in 2002 by Jonathan Abrams, is credited with popularizing the 'social graph' concept?
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A
Friendster
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B
MySpace
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C
LiveJournal
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D
Xanga
