Who can forget Hot or Not ( )-the site that invited users to submit photos of themselves so others could rate their attractiveness. The site amassed around one million users before it was bought out for $125 million …and shuttered in 2000, though it later made a modest comeback and still subsists today.

On one of the first true social media sites,, you could set up a profile page, create lists of connections, and send messages within networks. The first social media site is born (1997)

The 29 most important moments in the history of social media 1.