Credit: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Blanton The birth of social media was arguably in 2002, when Friendster was launched. A year later, MySpace arrived, and every Gen Xer, including me and many Millennials jumped on board. Then came Facebook in 2004, which has been an ever-present force for over 20 years. And how about YouTube? It started in November 2005 and was sold just 11 months later to Google for $1.6 billion! I know that today it’s worth a lot more. Current estimates put a value of $500 billion on YouTube. But making over a billion dollars in 11 months sounds like good money to me!A year later, in 2006, Twitter appeared, followed by Instagram in 2010. On Instagram, we also see a…
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