Social media began in the late 1990s with the first recognized social media network called
“SixDegrees “ in 1997 and this technology enabled people to upload a profile and make friends.
From 1997 to 2001 a number of community tools; Asian Avenue, blackplanet and MiGente
began supporting various combination of profile and publicly articulated friend (Boyd, Danah,
Ellison and Nicole, 2007).