
social media managers are turning 40 ðŸ˜

The Social Media Golden Age of 2002- 2012 was mostly consumer-focused. The Golden Age gave us companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Snap, Instagram, Whatsapp, Hangouts, Poshmark, Slack, Zoom, Gmail, and Dropbox.
James Currier • The Next Social Era is Here: Why Now Is the Time for Social Products Again
A social network is an idle, inactive system—a Rolodex of contacts, a notebook of sales targets, a yearbook of possible soul mates. But social media is active—hyperactive, really—spewing material across those networks instead of leaving them alone until needed.
Ian Bogost • The Age of Social Media Is Ending
Even The Platforms Want To Be Creators Now
Ryan Broderick • Selling your filter bubble back to you
its remarkable evolution in 2001. The social network Friendster was launched in 2002, with MySpace and LinkedIn