Questions & Answers
Browse all 18 questions from the
Social Media History Basics study set below.
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1
Which website is widely considered the first recognizable social media platform launched in 1997?
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A
SixDegrees
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B
Facebook
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C
MySpace
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D
Twitter
2
Which social media platform, launched in 2004, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg?
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A
Instagram
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B
Facebook
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C
Snapchat
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D
TikTok
3
What type of content was YouTube primarily created for in 2005?
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A
Short text messages
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B
Live television
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C
Sharing videos
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D
Online games
4
Which platform was launched in 2006 for users to post short updates called 'tweets'?
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A
LinkedIn
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B
Pinterest
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C
Reddit
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D
Twitter
5
In what year was the photo-sharing app Instagram officially launched?
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A
2010
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B
2005
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C
2015
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D
2008
6
Which professional networking site was founded in 2002 to help people find jobs?
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A
Tumblr
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B
Flickr
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C
LinkedIn
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D
WhatsApp
7
What is the name of the popular app launched in 2011 that focuses on disappearing photos and messages?
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A
Vine
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B
Snapchat
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C
Twitch
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D
Discord
8
Which platform became famous for its 6-second looping videos before it closed in 2017?
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A
Vine
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B
Myspace
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C
Bebo
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D
Friendster
9
What was the main purpose of the social media site 'MySpace' when it became popular in the mid-2000s?
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A
Selling groceries
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B
Professional networking
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C
Music and personal profiles
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D
Video editing
10
Which social media app, known for short-form mobile videos, gained massive popularity under its current name in 2018?
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A
TikTok
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B
Telegram
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C
Signal
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D
WeChat
11
Before modern social media, what was the primary way people shared digital photos online in the early 2000s?
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A
Flickr
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B
Zoom
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C
Cloud storage
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D
QR codes
12
What feature distinguishes Reddit from many other social media platforms?
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A
It is only for music
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B
It is organized into communities called subreddits
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C
It only allows photo uploads
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D
It has no text allowed
13
Which platform was purchased by Facebook in 2012 for about 1 billion dollars?
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A
Instagram
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B
Pinterest
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C
Twitter
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D
YouTube
14
What is the primary way users interact on the platform 'Pinterest'?
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A
Posting long essays
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B
Pinning images to virtual boards
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C
Live video streaming
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D
Coding games
15
Which social media company introduced the 'Stories' feature in 2013?
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A
Snapchat
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B
Facebook
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C
WhatsApp
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D
LinkedIn
16
What platform, founded in 2005, is known for hosting live streams of video games and other content?
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A
Twitch
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B
MySpace
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C
Bebo
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D
Skype
17
Which company is the parent organization of the messaging app WhatsApp?
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A
Meta (formerly Facebook)
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B
Google
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C
Apple
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D
Microsoft
18
What was the original 140-character limit on Twitter intended to match?
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A
Email subject lines
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B
SMS text message lengths
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C
Phone number digits
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D
Book page counts
