Mark Zuckerburg created Facebook in 2004 with the original purpose of being a mode of communication for college students. With time, Facebook blossomed into a platform for users to share photos with each other.
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Social media platforms that primarily share photographs
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The evolution of digital photography in phones allowed for the creation and use of social media. Social media includes platforms for people to share photos and communicate.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, speaking
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Instagram user growth chart
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Facebook bought Instagram in 2012. After the purchase, the number of Instagram users rapidly increased. A long term effect of the purchase is people can globally communicate through posting pictures and videos mainly captured on digital camera phones.
“For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests."
- Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook acquiring Instagram in April, 2012
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Snapchat was founded in 2011 by Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegel. The platform is based around communicating through sending photos. Around 150 million people use Snapchat daily, which results in billions of pictures and videos being communicated across the globe.
“Snapchat isn’t about capturing the traditional Kodak moment. It’s about communicating with the full range of human emotion -- not just what appears to be pretty or perfect."
- Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel in first Snapchat post in 2012