Can you believe ten years have passed since the inception of Facebook? It’s also been nine years since YouTube was established, and Twitter turned eight only a few short days ago. It goes without saying that a lot has changed since those early days – Facebook went public, YouTube was purchased by Google and an average of 400 million tweets are sent daily. But I’ve always been more visually oriented, so actually seeing the growth of popularized social media platforms fascinates me. For example, take a gander at what Facebook (or should I say, The Facebook) used to look like in 2005:
It’s a night and day difference compared to your existing Facebook profile, isn’t it? Believe it or not, The Facebook in 2005 didn’t have many of the features we hold dear today such as likable “Pages,” which wren’t introduced until 2009:
If you thought The Facebook looked amateur in 2004, then you’ll get a kick out of YouTube’s UI from their humble beginnings in 2005:
And if we were to jump in our DeLorean and gun it back to 2006, Twitter would look something like this:
So if there are any aesthetically unappealing sites you frequent, don’t write them off just yet! If history shows us anything, they may just be the next big thing. Which is great news for my personal blog – it looks horrendous.
